Omar Bal Large Oil Painting - "Pedida de Novia" - The Request for Marriage (P-L-OB-006) 16" x 22" Escuela Unusual sun design embroidered around

Unusual sun design embroidered around head hole

2013: 2013: Bought from Dolores

One of her family hand-embroidered beautiful decorative randa cross with vases that holds the panels together  The cotton skirt material was made on a treadle loom or foot-loom probably in San Antonio Paloopo area or a neighboring town

Backside of fabric has the name of the artisan who made it and the theme or title of the embroidery

Omar Bal Large Oil Painting - "Pedida de Novia" - The Request for Marriage (P-L-OB-006) 16" x 22" Escuela Unusual sun design embroidered aroundLarge oil painting by Omar Bal from San Juan Comalapa in the Chimaltenango Department of Guatemala. Marked "Pedida de Novia" The Request for Marriage. (16" x 22")