A Navajo Germantown rug
The borderless weaving decorated with an allover pattern of finely serrated stripes of contrasting colors in a diagonal orientation across the red ground, solid color ends, in light and dark green, gold, purple, pale lavender, blue, white and red.
size approximately 4ft 10in x 2ft 8in
size approximately 4ft 10in x 2ft 8in
Sold for
US$ 5,975
inc. premium
Footnotes
- "The majority of Navajo blankets are symmetrical in color and design. This double saddle blanket exhibits a series of diagonal stripes set against an orange (sic) field. Anchored by the broad orange (sic) band at top and bottom, this shimmering, asymmetrical composition is unusual and eye-catching."
Taken from A NEW MEXICO ART TRADITION, published by the Silverman Museum Collection, text by Joshua Baer, Frank Harlow and Jack Silverman, p. 8.
Category: Ethnographic Art / Native American
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