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These rugs do not have a border on them. They feature horizontal bands and are made using natural vegetable dyes. The stripes also usually include added design elements, including arrows, stars, triangles, and diamonds. Named after a Navajo settlement in northeastern Arizona, this rug design features a wide border, along with intricate geometric patterns. The colors are vibrant in Teec Nos Pos rugs and display feather and arrow designs within the center of them. This rug design comes from a trading post called Two Grey Hills. They are high-quality and have intricate patterns. The rugs are made using natural wool that is undyed. There are “spirit lines” that act as accents around the borders of these rugs.

A Navajo Rug made with hand-spun wool will cost you more than one made from mass-produced yarn. Because the wool is thicker and more smooth, you will pay more. Tapestries are rugs with more than 80 threads per inch. A well-made rug will have even edges and a balanced design. The rug will not be uniform as weavers can add imperfections to their work. Prices of Navajo rugs vary depending on their size, age, provenance, and origin. A small rug might cost about $100 while a larger rug, which is more expensive, can run up to $41,600. A large rug can take up to three years to make. It is more expensive to buy antique rugs than modern rugs. As a matter fact, the price of a Navajo rug is likely to rise as its provenance grows.

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The Bisti Navajo rug is the rarest of these Regional rugs, which are often made with more than nine borders. Many Bisti rugs have a thin checkered border. They display definite Oriental influences. Bisti rugs originated in the 1890s at a trading post southwest of Two Grey Hills. In 1896, J.B. Moore purchased the trading post and renamed it, Crystal, after a mountain spring of pure sparkling water.

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Native American history is best told in their art and not through schoolbooks. Textiles make up the majority of this cultural heritage. Like this Navajo chief’s blanket, it tells a story about the Native American community and its spirituality. It also shows how they struggled for survival. This blanket, also called a seripe, was created during the tribe’s internment in eastern New Mexico. It was made in 1865. The bordered design is just as striking as the rich reds used in the weaving. Red was scarce, even for Native Americans. This meant that they had to unroll machine-made rugs, then reweave the thread into new designs.

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These blankets are made from wool and come in many colors and patterns. They were created for tribes throughout the West and Midwest. For the Navajo Rug Quilted Wall Pattern, you will need six 4-X-20-inch strips of dark brown fabric and four 4-inch squares made from straight grain fabric. All pattern pieces can be downloaded and cut. A Navajo chief blanket's value is only one aspect of how amazing these examples of Navajo weaving are. It's amazing to see these blankets fetch as high as half a million dollars in some circles. These textiles are typically priced between $40 and $50 as of publication. Germantown rugs are the only authentic Navajo rugs with fringe. These antique rugs are rare and have fringe that was added after the weaving process had been completed. Almost all Navajo rugs use wool threads. These are more rough in texture than linen or cotton.

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Simple geometric embellishments can be found on the edges and serrated or stair-steppeddiamonds, crosses, zigzags, and simple geometric shapes can be found in thecorners outside the central design. There is usually a dark outside border.These rugs can be quite large. The origin for the Ganado rug is the town of Gando, Arizona which is in thegeographic center of the Navajo Reservation where the famous Hubbell TradingPost stands today. Klagetoh rugs are similar to Ganado rugs. The background,however, is grey. The center design is usually an elongated diamond with black,white, and red colors.

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The Ganado and Klagetoh style rugs continue to be made to this day and are among the most popular of all Navajo rug designs. J.B. Moore, who owned the trading post at Crystal, New Mexico from 1897-1911, was another visionary trader who exercised enormous influence over early Navajo rug design. Perhaps his most important innovation was to introduce weavers in his region to Oriental rug patterns. Rather than copying wholesale, the Navajo filtered the new patterns through their own cultural sensibilities and personal design preferences.

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