267 grandmothers

This one of the sheets from my grandmother's trousseau that I repurposed by embroidering on it the names of the female ancestors from my family tree.

1500

Anna Maria Cathalina

Maria

Cathalina

(...)

Eloisa

Ana

Luisa

2017

There are many names that are nearly impossible to trace (even more so for women), but in all there are 267. This was thanks to my fathers research, which uncovered the names of our ancestors dating back to the 16th century.

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The piece hanging on the roof of the artist's grandmother. Piece detail. Views of the roof of the artist's grandmother.