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America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo, Post-Contact, Early Peri - Rug (Third-phase Chief Blanket Style, Germantown Weaving), Cleveland Museum of Art Navajo Third phase wearing blanket, circa 1890-95.
Kelly Clarkson Home Mickey Flatweave Southwestern Rug, 5' x 8' $146 $180 Save $34 Inspired by the Southwest, the rustic neutrals and native pattern on this rug make a true statement.
Both the Two Gray Hills and the Crystal styles of rug evolved from Moore's designs. [16] Until the 1930s the Crystal rugs were bordered, with a central design woven in natural colors, sometimes with some red. After this, the style changed to banded rugs with distinctive "wavy" lines made by alternating weft strands in two or three different colors.
Navajo rugs are woven by Navajo women today from Navajo-Churro sheep, other breeds of sheep, or commercial wool. Designs can be pictorial or abstract, based on historic Navajo, Spanish, Asian, or Persian designs. 20th century Navajo weavers include Clara Sherman and Hosteen Klah , who co-founded the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian .
Navajo weaver with sheep Navajo Germantown Eye Dazzler Rug, Science History Institute Probably Bayeta-style Blanket with Terrace and Stepped Design, 1870–1880, 50.67.54, Brooklyn Museum. Navajos came to the southwest with their own weaving traditions; however, they learned to weave cotton on vertical looms from the Pueblo peoples.
New artists’ colonies started growing up around Santa Fe and Taos, the artists' primary subject matter being the native people and landscapes of the Southwest. Images of the Southwest became a popular form of advertising, used most significantly by the Santa Fe Railroad to entice settlers to come west and enjoy the “unsullied landscapes”.
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