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San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Maeve Frederica Sterling Bacher, Charlottesville, VA, in loving memory of her father, Frederick A. Sterling, who served in Peru in the 1920s as U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary, and her mother, Dorothy W. Sterling

Sidesaddle stirrup

San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Maeve Frederica Sterling Bacher, Charlottesville, VA, in loving memory of her father, Frederick A. Sterling, who served in Peru in the 1920s as U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary, and her mother, Dorothy W. Sterling
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Maeve Frederica Sterling Bacher, Charlottesville, VA, in loving memory of her father, Frederick A. Sterling, who served in Peru in the 1920s as U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary, and her mother, Dorothy W. Sterling
Contact San Antonio Museum of Art, Registrar Department for rights and reproduction of this image. Photography by Ansen Seale.

Sidesaddle stirrup

Place made:Peru
General region:South America
Date: 18th-19th century
Medium: Silver
Dimensions:
l. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Maeve Frederica Sterling Bacher, Charlottesville, VA, in loving memory of her father, Frederick A. Sterling, who served in Peru in the 1920s as U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary, and her mother, Dorothy W. Sterling
Object number: 2015.14.6
Label Text
In eighteenth-century Peru, wealthy women who rode sidesaddle would have the saddle’s single stirrup made in silver. The Viceroyalty of Peru had an abundance of silver and a strong silversmithing tradition due to the productive mines of the region. For this stirrup, the silversmith used the repoussé technique of working pliable metal by hammering the reverse side to raise a relief pattern on the front of the sheet.

En el Perú del siglo XVIII, las amazonas adineradas mandaban a elaborar el estribo de su silla de montar en plata. Debido a las productivas minas de la región, había una abundancia de plata y una fuerte tradición platera en el Virreinato del Perú. El platero que labró este estribo utilizó la técnica del repujado, donde martilló el reverso del metal para alzar un diseño en relieve sobre el frente de la hoja.

(LA, 2022)
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