Mexican Coaster: Bull Necklaces 1860 - 1920

1860 - 1920

Martin's Press

Laura Anderson Barbata was an Artist-in-Residence at the Gardner in 2016

focusing on the experiential nature of the process and the challenges and satisfactions of the small scale and the historic and cultural context

Anthony van Dyck (Antwerp

Mexican Coaster: Bull Necklaces 1860 - 1920Isabella Gardner herself spent hours assembling the nearly 2,000 painted and glazed tiles into the appealing pattern we see today on the walls of the Spanish Cloister. Her friend, the artist Dodge Macknight, bought the tiles for her in Mexico in 1909 from the Church of San Agustn in Mexico. This coaster, featuring one of the tile designs from Church of San Agustn now located in the Museum's Spanish Cloister, is sure to be a utilitarian touchstone for