Navajo Rug Quarter Diamonds Indig

Navajo rugs are between 1860 and 1880 saw the addition of stepped or serrated diamonds of color to the center and ends of the wide stripes.
Navajo rug quarter diamonds indig. There is some edge wear minor weft wear and slight spotting. Phase ii innovations appeared by 1850 as navajo weavers incorporated small red blocks into the ends and centers of the blue stripes. These are often sold as blankets at blanket prices but are acutally old copies of the original navajo blankets made for the tourist trade at the early trading posts. Navajo chief s rugs are just that navajo rugs that are made in a chief s blanket pattern but use heavy yarn and are true navajo rugs not blankets.
68 l 60 w. Navajo third phase chief s blanket. The warp count is 9 and the weft co. Home native american art navajo rugs antique rugs navajo third phase chief s blanket.
1900 10s 87 x 55 5. Blankets made at this time typically display a full terraced diamond in the center quarter diamonds at each corner and half diamonds in the center of each edge. First quarter 20t rugs carpets. A full diamond in the center half diamonds at the edges and quarter diamonds in the corners in raveled bayeta red.
Navajo crystal weaving rug handspun wool woven in cream gray and dark brown. Apr 6 2013 navajo 3rd phase chief blanket the third phase pattern of full half and quarter diamonds and sometimes referred to as a 9 spot was very popular with the traders who continued to encourage weavers to use the pattern well into the rug period. Phase iii emerged by the 1860s. Deals in antique contemporary native american indian art and artifacts.
First quarter 20t rugs carpets. Navajo crystal weaving rug handspun wool woven in cream gray and dark brown. Thick lines create a bold design of blocks angles and elongated serrated diamonds 87 5 x 53 5 in. Navajo crystal rug with diamond designs c.
Over this background are patterned diamonds. The selvage on this rug is orange next is a black ribbon border followed by a white hooked border. A navajo regional rug first quarter 20th century centering a diamond flanked with smaller diamonds at the corners woven in red brown taupe and cream 70 h x 47 w condition overall good condition with minor soiling and rubbed wear commensurate with age.