1890s Navajo Transitional Weaving
Tribe: Navajo (Diné)
Item #WA01056
1890s Navajo Transitional Weaving Handwoven from Handspun Wool in Ivory, Gray, and Black against a field of Hand-Dyed Aniline Red, with natural variation in the red dye. A vertical column of large stepped diamonds outlined in ivory and black runs the length of the weaving, centered with a dark cross, and is flanked by rows of small arrow-like motifs. Thin dark bands finish each end. Transitional weavings date to the period between about 1880 and 1900, when Navajo weavers moved from making blankets for their own use to making rugs for the trader market.
39” (3' 3") Width, 57” (4' 9") Length
- Era
- Circa 1890s
- Dyes
- Aniline Dyes
- Wool
- Handspun
From our Vintage Collection
Our vintage pieces are sourced from private collections. Whenever possible we identify the artist, tribe and approximate date, and any wear that comes with age is part of each piece’s story. Most of our antique Navajo weavings date from the 1870s to the 1940s.
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