Navajo Blankets for Sale

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We have posted pricing information for all Navajo rugs on our website. If a price isn't visible, it may be part of our exclusive Navajo Churro Collection or one of our most valuable and important Antique or Contemporary Navajo Rugs. These pieces can be priced by us. My eyebrows immediately rose when I saw that a 19th-century antique Navajo blanket was up for auction at $1,800,000. "What?!" "What?" I thought to my self, or maybe I spoke it aloud. "How can that blanket sell for such high prices?" It was a blanket of ordinary quality, not more interesting or elegant than any other Moroccan in our gallery. It was more like the similar-colored, simple-woven baby blanket that I insist on sleeping with for years. I nicknamed it "car seat blankey" as it spent most of its time cuddling with me on short trips to preschool or longer rides to my home in the country.

For $20-50 per item, I can help you identify a textile. Click here to contact me with information about the textile you are interested in. The Eyedazzler would have been the preferred method of calling the weaver. It may also be called a squash blossom by some. The top's banded rug doesn't fit in any particular regional style. Some people might call it a saddle blanket or chief blanket design. The bottom one is from Working with the Wool, a book by Noel Bennett & Tiana Bighorse. Noel was a Gallup resident when you were living in Church Rock. She taught weaving at the library every Thursday night, I believe. It doesn't match any regional description.

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In an effort to subdue and “domesticate” the Indians, the US Army slaughtered the Navajo’s sheep and destroyed their crops and homes. The government allowed weaving to continue during the internment by replacing the Navajo’s home-grown wool with factory-made yarns from Europe and the eastern United States. After the Navajo returned to their homelands in 1868, the US government continued to provide commercial yarns as part of their “annuity” support for the Navajo people. In the 1870s, licensed Indian Traders began supplying weavers with factory-made yarns brightly colored with aniline (chemical) dyes. Blankets made of these colorful yarns are generically called Germantown weavings after the town in Pennsylvania where much of the yarn was produced.

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Prices for Navajo rugs will vary according to their size, age and provenance. A small rug could cost $100, while an older rug could cost $41,600. A large rug may take 2 to 3 years to weave. Contemporary rugs tend to be more expensive than antique rugs. A Navajo rug's value will increase with its provenance. You may wonder where to find Navajo Rugs. These rugs have a special history and are highly sought-after. You can find the perfect one for you home and also support the Navajos. They have been in existence for 500 years, are highly collectible and still sought-after. It doesn't matter if you want to buy one for your own home or add to your collection of art, you can bring authentic Navajo culture right into your home.

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It is a textile that was woven in south Mexico and Guatemala for tourist trade. It can be taken apart in places where the warps haven't been woven, or displayed as it is. It is authentic Navajo, and it has a variant on the Storm Pattern. Although I don't know the size, it should be in good condition and worth around $100 per square foot. This double saddle blanket is made from twill. They require a lot of skill to weave and don't get the right auction value. An auction value of $350-$600, and a retail price of $750-$800 are two examples. In 1984, I bought a Two Grey Hills rug from Toadlena Trading. I decided to spend a lot and purchased a rug from a master weaver. The original information about the weaver was lost to me when I put the rug away many years ago. Is it possible to determine the weaver of this rug from the design?

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The Navajo Churro Navajo Collection Rugs were created by Master Weavers who are the best Navajo Master Weavers today. The weaving has a lot of value due to the native Churro sheep wool, hand dying process, and the dyes (natural and aniline). Each weaving is accompanied with a Churro Certificate containing a photo and information about the weaver. Read more information about The Navajo Churro Collection. There are 28 styles of Navajo Rugs. Some Styles are easier to weave. The weave's complexity and tightness can affect its value. It is generally believed that the finer and more tightly woven the piece, the higher its value. The condition of a Navajo Rug can have an impact on its value.

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These rugs frequently had a deep red “ground” or field on which the central motif was superimposed, and are now known as the Ganado regional style. Weavers around the nearby trading post at Klagetoh, Arizona (also owned by Hubbell) often worked in the same colors and patterns, but reversed the color scheme and used a grey ground with red, white and black central motifs. 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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