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It's a textile made for tourists in Guatemala and southern Mexico. It can be cut in the places where warps aren’t woven. It is genuine Navajo and a variant the Storm Pattern. It is not in my possession, but a rug of this quality should be around $100 per square feet. This is a double twill saddle blanket. These blankets require skill in weaving, and they don't always get the value they deserve. The auction value is $350-$600 and the retail price is $750-$800. Two Grey Hills rug purchased at Toadlena Trading, 1984. I decided to spend more and buy a rug made by a master weaver. I sadly lost the original information on the weaver years ago when I packed up the rug. Is there a way to locate the weaver by looking at the design, etc. Any help would be most appreciated.

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To aid in Navajo rug ID, there are certain ones that can be identified by their distinctive colors, others by the bands of color and the designs within those bands, and certain others by their distinctive designs. The Ganadoand Klagetoh tend to have simpler designs than the similar Two Grey Hills, and Burntwater rugs. Ganado rugs always have a red background. The distinctivered color is often called a ‘Ganado Red.’ The design, based on a centraldiamond or two, will be in black, white, and grey in the center of the field.

Each of these words has a meaning. It tells you what the weaver thought about when they began to weave the rug. This is what makes them special. Navajo rugs are expensive because of their exceptional craftsmanship. The Navajo rugs are highly valued for their exceptional craftsmanship, history, weaving techniques, materials, and other factors. It will be difficult to compare a Navajo rug made in the traditional way with one made in a modern factory. If you're looking for a Navajo rug to purchase, it is likely that you will be able to acquire a piece with a rich history and unparalleled quality.

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My team and myself are here to help you find the best information possible about rugs. Rug should be your one-stop source for all information regarding rugs or carpets. Rug's mission is to give you information about rug facts and figures so that you can make informed buying decisions. Medicine Man Gallery specializes Navajo rugs & Navajo blankets. You can divide Navajo rugs & blankets into four periods: Classic Period from 1650-1868 to Late Classic Period from 1865-1880 to Transitional Period between 1868-1895 and Rug Period from 1895-Present.

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Mexican looms have multiple pieces of warp that are fringed at their ends. They are horizontally oriented. If fringed ends are seen, it's likely you're looking at a Mexican-made rug. They have individual warp strings, as opposed to a Navajo Navajo rug with one continuous warp. This rule does not always work. Some early Navajo "Germantown” weavings may have contained fringe.

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From the 1880s through the 1930s, reservation traders were the Navajos’ primary contact with the outside world. As such, they also were the weavers’ primary-or even sole-customers. Therefore traders exercised significant influence on weavings simply by paying more for the designs, sizes, colors, and qualities they wanted. Of course, trader’s choices were driven by what they thought they could sell to their off-reservation customers, but they also were guided by their own aesthetic sensibilities. As a result, distinctive styles of rugs emerged around several trading posts in the first years of the twentieth century. Such combinations of pattern and color are known as Regional Styles and are typically named after the trading post that encouraged their production.

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Natural wool colors are used, except the red and theblack may have some commercial dye. With this rug, the grey can be brownish oreven tan, depending upon the fleece of the sheep used. These rugs are woven of natural, undyed, hand spun wool withdesigns of white, black, and brown. These weavers card together wool fromdifferent sheep to produce subtle shades of the white, black, and brown. It is possible to find several different shades of gray, brown, and tan in thesame rug.

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