SPAIN, 17TH CENTURY

The town of Cuenca, near Guadalajara, appears from surviving examples to have been the most productive of the Spanish weaving centers in the seventeenth century. While the technique is the same as that of all of Spain, with knots tied onto single warps in alternating rows, the colors and designs are usually immediately recognizable. The vast majority of them are of Turkish inspiration, however, this examples shows the influence of the weaver's Hispano-Moresque heritage.