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In the early 1800s, Navajo women began weaving chief's blankets. They were so widely traded that Indians across the border from the northern Great Plains to Mexico wore them. These blankets were not used as a badge to show chieftainship but they did symbolise power and wealth. The value of a Navajo rugs will depend on several factors such as its size, age, weave quality, style, dyes used, and condition. Navajo rugs range in price from $100 for a small one to several thousand dollars if you want a more substantial one. Pendleton Woolen Mills in Pendleton (Oregon) is the last pioneer mill to produce those blankets. They also sell to non Indians, but half their annual production is sent to Indians, Navajos included. Navajo rugs range in price from $100 for a small one to several thousand dollars for a big and old one.The young lady seated beside Jane Hyden, master weaver, is wearing a Navajo biil (pronounced beel), and is also called a rug dress.

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When Germantown wool from Pennsylvania was originally imported, it afforded the weavers a wonderful range of new colors to work with and this design wasperfect for the combining contrasting colors. This rug design looks almost Persian and perhaps least likea Navajo. It is a very busy and bold design with a wide border filled witha variety of motifs, especially a lightning path. It is a complex design andthe rugs are often large. The centers of these rugs are quite elaborate withfeathers, arrows, and claw-like hooks extending from the points of diamonds andtriangles. Zigzags will be everywhere.

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Michelle Radcliff owned a retail home furnishings business for eight years. Radcliff offers decorating advice on her blog, Home Decorating News, is a regular contributor on interior design at LoveToKnow.com and earned certification as an interior decorator from Penn Foster College in 2013.

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There are really no color rules, except they should harmonize.This design also contains a lot of diagonal lines. The name of the rug comes from a settlement in the NE cornerof the Navajo nation and means ‘Cottonwoods in a Circle.’ This is a very interestingrug and has some distinguishable design features. In the center of the rug willbe a rectangle that represents the center of the universe. The 4 rectangles,one in each corner of the rug, represent the homes of the four winds or thefour sacred mountains of the Navajo world. Zigzag lightning lines connect thesecorners with the center.

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The final type of Navajo rug design is one that was offered to Navajo chiefs. These were made using the highest quality threads available. The patterns are durable and simple. Blue, white, and brown are all prominent on Chief weavings.

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It is obvious that intricate designs are harder to weave. It is the same story for tight weaving.

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