Browse Items (149 total)

Dates: 1944-1944
Size: 157.5 x 104.5 cm; 8 warps(comma) 44 wefts
Description: This rug is a unique example that represents mid-20th century experiments by the United States government to assist the Navajo economy. In 1935 the Southwestern Range and…

Date: 1960
Size: 86.5 x 139.5 cm; twill weave

Dates: 1960
Size: 141.5 x 85.5 cm; twill weave
Description: This double saddle blanket was made using a diamond twill weave of natural(comma) carded(comma) and aniline dyed handspun wool. Twill is common form of the double weave(comma) which uses…

Dates: 1930
Size: 157 x 90 cm; 7 warps(comma) 18 wefts
Description: This rug was in the doorway of the New Mexico exhibit at the World's Fair Century of Progress Exhibit in Chicago(comma) 1933. Almost 3 million people walked over the rug during the…

Dates: 1860-1870
Size: 66.5 x 75.5 cm; 14 warps(comma) 64 wefts
Description: This small weaving is possibly half of a saddle blanket made of handspun wool with natural and vegetal colors. The saddle blanket is one of the only types of Navajo…

Dates: 1961-1962
Size: 291.5 x 194.5 cm; 10 warps(comma) 26 wefts
Description: In 1905 Hambleton Bridger Noel established a trading post in the Four Corners area due to the high quality of rugs being produced by Navajo women in the area. The…

Dates: 1920-1940
Size: 198 x 126 cm; 7 warps(comma) 30 wefts
Description: After a decline in the Navajo rug market during the Great Depression(comma) a revival period(comma) focused in northeastern Arizona(comma) brought back stylized classic…

Dates: 1920-1940
Size: 200 x 118 cm; 6 warps(comma) 16 wefts
Description: This rug is likely an example of the Chinle Revival style(comma) a regional variation developed beginning in the 1920's that promoted a return to traditional patterns and…

Dates: 1900-1910
Size: 188 x 131.5 cm; 6 warps(comma) 16 wefts
Description: This rug is made of natural and aniline dyed wools to create shades of red(comma) brown(comma) grey(comma) and tan. This pattern(comma) often called “whirling logs(comma)”…

Dates: 1960-1969
Size: 137 x 99 cm; 10 warps(comma) 36 wefts
Description: Although there a few examples of pictorial images in Navajo weaving as early as the 1840's(comma) pictorial rugs only became prominent in the 1890's. This example was woven…