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Brown leather belt with buckle
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Hand‑made leather belt in mottled brown, with contrasting red leather lining/backing visible at the tongue and underside. A leather‑wrapped (braided/whipstitched edge) rectangular buckle frame with a bent‑wire prong at one end; a leather keeper loop. The strap is decorated with stitched oval medallions accented by small "X" cross‑lacing in pale leather, and runs of contrasting saddle‑stitching along the edges. The tongue end tapers to a point.
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Purchased by Eida del Risco (n. de la Vega) to Carlos Téllez in 1993, right before emigrating to the United States in 1994, where she took it with her.
Carlos Tellez was producing similar items since throughout the 1980s and part of the 1970s.
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Eida del Risco
Gift
Belt
Female
Leather
Brown
Materials: Leather (brown outer, red lining); leather‑wrapped buckle frame; metal prong (brass‑colored); thread stitching. Technique: Hand‑stitched leatherwork; leather‑wrapped/braided buckle; appliqué oval medallions with decorative cross‑lacing; saddle‑stitched edges.
Carlos Téllez
1993
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
84 cm
Fair
Eida del Risco
owner
Carlos Téllez
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
production, use
West New York
New Jersey
U.S.A.
North America
use