Hispanic Society Field Trip

Sally Sherrill

Thursday, January 1, 1970

Hispanic Society of America
Sorolla Room
Audubon Terrace
Broadway between 155th and 156th Streets
New York,  NY
212 926 2234
Program begins: 10:30am

There will be a field trip to the Hispanic Society of America featuring a gallery tour given by longtime Hajji member Sally Sherrill, focusing on seven of the important carpets in the collection. These will include carpets from Alcaraz, Cuenca and Las Alpujarras (Granada) of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.  After that Constancio del Alamo, the museum’s Curator of Archaeology, Sculpture and Textiles will show us a few of the ecclesiastical velvet textiles recently restored and exhibited in Valencia.

Members will receive more information regarding registration for the trip and any costs involved.