Browse Items (37 total)

Dates: 1960-1969
Size: 127 x 76 cm; 9 warps(comma) 28 wefts
Description: After a decline in the Navajo rug market during the Great Depression(comma) a revival period brought back stylized classic designs without borders made with vegetable dyed…

Dates: 1960-1969
Size: 273 x 173 cm; 10 warps(comma) 44 wefts
Description: Woven by Sally Begay of natural(comma) carded(comma) and aniline dyed handspun wool to create complex patterns using shades of black(comma) white(comma) brown(comma)…

Dates: 1960-1970
Size: 381 x 275 cm; 7 warps(comma) 44 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: 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: 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: 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: 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…

Dates: 1920-1940
Size: 242 x 166 cm; 9 warps(comma) 28 wefts
Description: This rug is an example of the Old Chinle" style(comma) a regional variation developed beginning in the 1920's that promoted a return to traditional patterns and natural dyes.…

Dates: 1962
Size: 170 x 124.5 cm; 7 warps(comma) 30 wefts
Description: Woven by Margaret Bochinelonny of natural(comma) carded(comma) and aniline dyed handspun wools(comma) this rug depicts the tree of life in the interior panel(comma) as well as…

Dates: 1870-1885
Size: 202 x 153 cm; 15 warps(comma) 64 wefts
Description: This rug is tied to the Hubbell Trading post established in Ganado(comma) Arizona(comma) in 1876 by Lorenzo Hubbell. Hubbell was one of two major traders integral in…