by Rugs | Feb 29, 2016 | Specialty Navajo Rugs
Weavers of Raised Outline Navajo rugs employ an interesting weaving technique that results in a design with a three-dimensional appearance. A ridge of weave outlines the design elements, and therefore allows paler background yarns greater distinction, producing an...
by Rugs | Feb 29, 2016 | Specialty Navajo Rugs
The contemporary Navajo Chief Blanket rug style continues due to any early nineteen hundreds revival in production of classic period Navajo blankets designs and colors. The traditional Navajo blankets colors are utilized: red, black, dark blue, white and gray, and the...
by Rugs | Feb 29, 2016 | Specialty Navajo Rugs
The Bird rug is a well-known traditional pictorial rug design. This is a popular theme of pictorial Navajo rugs, with a pale background, depicting a green cornstalk bearing birds.
by Rugs | Feb 29, 2016 | Specialty Navajo Rugs
Pictorial Navajo blankets and rugs stem from late nineteenth century attempts by Navajo weavers to record the images they saw in the world around them, and the pictorial weaver often records what she sees. These specialty Navajo weavings usually have a light colored...
by Rugs | Feb 29, 2016 | Specialty Navajo Rugs
Sandpainting rugs are unique Navajo weavings, taken from traditional Navajo sacred drypainting drawings, and because the design is often on the diagonal, are extremely difficult to weave. These Navajo rugs are usually square in shape, unbordered, and backgrounds are...
