Ixchel Textiles – Tejidos Ixchel

Chichicastenango

Classic vintage Huipil from Chichicastenango! Traditional tapestry style with beautiful floral design. Fantastic texture and color! Very stunning woven huipil from the Chichicastenango region of Guatemala, famous for having one of the largest markets in the country. This elegant huipil measures 33 1/2″ across the shoulders, 29″ from the neckline to the bottom edges (folded). The neck opening is round and measures 5 1/2″ in diameter (please note that for wear, the hole is small and might not fit everyone). The sides are not stitched closed, so this huipil can be opened fully for display or easily stitched closed for wear.

This three panel huipil is striking with elaborate woven that features multi-colored classic flower design in pink, purple, blue, red, green and many more colors. It have lovely hues of greys and olive greens behind the brightly colored flowers. The neckline is decorated with the radiating sun in burgundy and grey. The background fabric is medium/heavy-weight black cotton.

Additional photos can be found here.

This huipil is in very good used condition with a few flaws, perhaps a few loose threads. There is a small amount of wear around the collar. The lower edges of the panels have a loose warp where the extra threads are woven back into the huipil (very common for huipiles from Chichicastenango).

$59.00

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Chichicastenango

Classic smaller Vintage Huipil from Chichicastenango! Traditional tapestry style with beautiful floral design. Fantastic texture and color! Very stunning woven huipil from the Chichicastenango region of Guatemala, famous for having one of the largest markets in the country. This smaller huipil measures 27″ across the shoulders, 21 1/2″ from the neckline to the bottom edges (folded). The neck opening is round and measures 4 1/2″ in diameter, with a tab-closed slit of 2 1/2″.

This three panel huipil is striking with elaborate woven that features multi-colored classic flower design in pink, purple, blue, red, green and many more colors. The neckline is decorated with the radiating sun in red and black. The background fabric is heavy-weight black cotton.

This huipil is in very good used condition with a few flaws, perhaps a few loose threads. There is a small amount of wear around the collar. The lower edges of the panels have a loose warp where the extra threads are woven back into the huipil (very common for huipiles from Chichicastenango). The snap at the collar tab has come unstitched and would need to be replaced. The background fabric is slightly faded.

$50.00

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Chichicastenango

Classic Vintage Huipil from Chichicastenango! Traditional tapestry style with beautiful geometric design. Fantastic texture and color! Very stunning  huipil from the Chichicastenango region of Guatemala, famous for having one of the largest markets in the country. This huipil measures 35″ across the shoulders, 25″ from the neckline to the bottom edges (folded). The neck opening is round and measures 5 1/2″ in diameter, with tie-closed slits of 2″ on one side and 3″ on the other.

This three panel huipil is striking with elaborate embroidery that features multi-colored classic mayan diamond figures as well as feathered serpents throughout the body and shoulders in deep gold, red, blue, purple, green and many more colors. The neckline is decorated with the radiating sun in cranberry colors accented with black velveteen.  The background fabric is woven chocolate-brown cotton.

This huipil is in excellent used condition, with few flaws. There is some wear of the velveteen trim at the collar on the inside edge. This is very common, as the velveteen is usually the first part to wear on huipiles. The color throughout is very bright and even, with a very minor amount of fading only on the very bottom edge. (Much better than shown in the photo).

$68.00

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Chichicastenango

Lovely Classic Vintage Huipil from Chichicastenango. Traditional tapestry style with beautiful floral design. Fantastic texture and color. Very stunning embroidered huipil from the Chichicastenango region of Guatemala, famous for having one of the largest markets in the country.

This three panel huipil is striking with elaborate embroidery that features lifelike multi-colored flowers with leaves throughout the body and shoulders in pink, orange, blue, and green. The neckline is decorated with the radiating sun in various shades of red accented with black velvet. The background fabric is soft brown cotton. The lower edges on one side have the ‘running-stock effect’, where the extra thread was woven back into the body.

This huipil is in great used condition, with minimal sign of wear.

$68.00

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Chichicastenango

Classic Vintage Huipil from Chichicastenango! Traditional tapestry style with beautiful floral design. Fantastic texture and color! Very stunning woven huipil from the Chichicastenango region of Guatemala, famous for having one of the largest markets in the country. This huipil measures 33 1/2″ across the shoulders, 28 1/2″ from the neckline to the bottom edges (folded). The neck opening is round and measures 6″ in diameter, with a snap-closed slit of 3″.

This three panel huipil is striking with elaborate woven that features multi-colored classic flower design as well as arrow shapes running down the body in gold, purple, blue, red, green and too many more colors. The neckline is decorated with the radiating sun in purple and brown. The background fabric is black cotton.

This huipil is in very good used condition, with a few flaws. There is a small amount of wear at the collar. Perhaps a few loose threads. The lower edges of the panels have a loose warp where the extra threads are woven back into the huipil (very common for huipiles from Chichicastenango). The lower snap at the collar has come unstitched and would need to be restitched.

$68.00

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Chichicastenango

Additional photos can be found here.

$58.00

Chichicastenango

Beautiful tzute from the town of Chichicastenango. This spectacular woven tzute measures 32 1/2″ wide, and 31″ long, composed of two panels joined in the middle.

This tzute is striking with classic hand woven animal figures. The tzute features a variety of the classic animal figures including double headed eagles, turkeys, horses, and numerous birds all in predominately red hues. There is a rainbow of accent colors throughout the tzute. The background is predominately white woven cotton with red, purple, and green accent stripes. Where the two panels join, there is a lovely hand-embroidered randa symbolic of the feathered serpent that extends the full length of the textile. This randa is stitched in a variety of threads including some wool for the dark brown sections. This is a wonderful example of a tzute from Chichicastenango.

Additional photos can be found here.

This tzute is in excellent used condition, with very few signs of wear. There are a few very small discolorations in the background fabric due to the age of this lovely vintage textile. This is a stunning display piece!

$80.00

Chichicastenango

Striking antique silk  huipil from Chichicastenango!  Fantastic texture and color! Very stunning woven huipil from the Chichicastenango region of Guatemala, famous for having one of the largest markets in the country. This huipil measures 33″ across the shoulders, 25″ from the neckline to the bottom edges (folded). The neck opening is diamond shaped and each of the four sides measures 4 1/2″ in length.

This two panel huipil is striking with elaborate weaving that features traditional geomorphic mayan shapes throughout the bodice in super soft silk threads of varying shades of blues and greens. The neckline is decorated with the radiating sun in purple and deep red. The background fabric is a silky soft fine cotton in a deep slate blue color.

This huipil is in very good used condition, with a few flaws, perhaps a few loose threads. Due to the age of this antique huipil, there is some variation and fading in the color of the bodice, but nothing to distract from the beauty of this vintage item.

$79.00

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Chichicastenango

Elegant woven corte, or mayan skirt from the town of Chichicastenango;  detailed black and blue design with beautiful accent colors. The corte is a wrap-around skirt that consists of a cut of cloth usually joined to form a tube into which the woman steps. Excess material is wrapped around the body and folded at the waist in pleats, and tied with a faja (belt).

This corte measures 32″ wide and 56″ long (doubled). Cortes are sewn together to make a tube. This corte has the opening at the long sides as shown in the picture of the corte hanging. If the stitching joining the sides of the tube were removed, this fabric would measure approximately 32″ by 112″ laid out flat.

This corte is detailed in its design and is accented with a stripe of colors of blue, purple, yellow, pink, red and green which runs the full length of the fabric and another stripe that runs across the fabric. This beautiful fabric is slightly worn which gives it a soft feel. It has a very small (1/4″ square) area that is worn through part of the weaving, it is not easily noticed. Fabric from cortes can be used in a variety of ways, such as table covers, bed covers, curtains, throw pillows, etc.

This corte is in very good used condition, with a small sign of wear.

$37.00

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Chichicastenango

Beautiful man’s tzute from the town of Chichicastenango. This spectacular woven tzute measures 30″ wide, and 32″ long with fringe at each corner that measures 14″.

This tzute is beautiful with its deep colors and hand weaving that feature the traditional animal motifs and maya symbols. The colors are a deep red background accented with black stripes. The center section of this tzute is woven in deep burgundy with accents in a great variety of colors ranging from turquoise to green to gold. Where the two lienzos join, there is a lovely randa of blocks of colors that run the full length of the tzute. Each of the corner tassels has a different accent color: turquoise, green, dark pink, and gold. This is a wonderful example of a ceremonial tzute for men from the town of Chichicastenango.

This tzute is in excellent used condition, with very few signs of wear.

$95.00

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Chichicastenango

Classic Vintage Huipil from Chichicastenango! Traditional tapestry style with beautiful floral design. Fantastic texture and color! Very stunning embroidered huipil from the Chichicastenango region of Guatemala, famous for having one of the largest markets in the country. This huipil measures 33″ across the shoulders, 28″ from the neckline to the bottom edges (folded). The neck opening is round and measures 5″ in diameter, with a snap-closed slit of 2″.

This three panel huipil is striking with elaborate embroidery that features multi-colored classic mayan diamond figures as well as baskets overflowing with flowers throughout the body and shoulders in gold, purple, blue, red, green and too many more colors to name. The neckline is decorated with the radiating sun in red and brown accented with brown velveteen. The background fabric is black cotton.

This huipil is in great used condition, with few flaws. There is a small amount of wear at the collar. Perhaps a few loose threads. The panels are not even at the bottom edge (very common for huipiles from Chichicastenango). Otherwise it is in great condition!

$65.00

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Chichicastenango

Classic Vintage Huipil from Chichicastenango! Traditional tapestry style with beautiful floral design. Fantastic texture and color! Very stunning embroidered huipil from the Chichicastenango region of Guatemala, famous for having one of the largest markets in the country. This huipil measures 34″ across the shoulders, 27″ from the neckline to the bottom edges (folded). The neck opening is round and measures 5″ in diameter, with a snap-closed slit of 3 1/4″.

This three panel huipil is striking with elaborate embroidery that features multi-colored classic mayan diamond figures as well as double-headed eagles throughout the body and shoulders in deep gold, burgundy, grey-blue, brick-red, green and many more colors. The neckline is decorated with the radiating sun in purple accented with black velveteen. The sleeves are also accented with black velveteen. The background fabric is black cotton.

This huipil is in excellent used condition, with few flaws. There is some wear of the velveteen trim at the collar as well as on the sleeves. This is very common, as the velveteen is usually the first part to wear on huipiles. Otherwise it is in great condition!

$65.00

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Chichicastenango

$65.00

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Chichicastenango

Lovely Classic Vintage Huipil from Chichicastenango. Traditional tapestry style with beautiful floral design. Fantastic texture and color. Very stunning embroidered huipil from the Chichicastenango region of Guatemala, famous for having one of the largest markets in the country. This huipil measures 24″ across the shoulders, 22 1/2″ from the neckline to the bottom edges (folded). The neck opening is round and measures 5 1/2″ in diameter.

This three panel huipil is striking with elaborate embroidery that features multi-colored flowers throughout the body and shoulders in pink, orange, blue, and green. The neckline is decorated with the radiating sun in various shades of red accented with black velvet. The background fabric is soft black cotton.

This huipil is in great used condition, with minimal sign of wear.

$45.00

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Chichicastenango

Classic Vintage Huipil from Chichicastenango! Traditional tapestry style with beautiful floral design. Fantastic texture and color! Very stunning embroidered huipil from the Chichicastenango region of Guatemala, famous for having one of the largest markets in the country. This huipil measures 33″ across the shoulders, 24″ from the neckline to the bottom edges (folded). The neck opening is round and measures 6″ in diameter.

This three panel huipil is striking with elaborate embroidery that features multi-colored flowers throughout the body and shoulders in pink, orange, blue, and green. The neckline is decorated with the radiating sun in various shades of red accented with black velvet. The background fabric is white cotton.

This huipil is in fair used condition, with a few flaws. There are about 4 tiny pin-size holes in the white body on one side from storage. Also, there are a few spots of faint purple where the color ran onto the white.

$25.00

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