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RARE NAVAJO WEDGE WEAVE STYLE SAMPLER BLANKET / RUG, GOOD CONDITION, C1890-1910
RARE NAVAJO WEDGE WEAVE STYLE SAMPLER BLANKET / RUG, GOOD CONDITION, C1890-1910
RARE NAVAJO WEDGE WEAVE STYLE SAMPLER BLANKET / RUG, GOOD CONDITION, C1890-1910
RARE NAVAJO WEDGE WEAVE STYLE SAMPLER BLANKET / RUG, GOOD CONDITION, C1890-1910
RARE NAVAJO WEDGE WEAVE STYLE SAMPLER BLANKET / RUG, GOOD CONDITION, C1890-1910
RARE NAVAJO WEDGE WEAVE STYLE SAMPLER BLANKET / RUG, GOOD CONDITION, C1890-1910
RARE NAVAJO WEDGE WEAVE STYLE SAMPLER BLANKET / RUG, GOOD CONDITION, C1890-1910
RARE NAVAJO WEDGE WEAVE STYLE SAMPLER BLANKET / RUG, GOOD CONDITION, C1890-1910
RARE NAVAJO WEDGE WEAVE STYLE SAMPLER BLANKET / RUG, GOOD CONDITION, C1890-1910
RARE NAVAJO WEDGE WEAVE STYLE SAMPLER BLANKET / RUG, GOOD CONDITION, C1890-1910
RARE NAVAJO WEDGE WEAVE STYLE SAMPLER BLANKET / RUG, GOOD CONDITION, C1890-1910
RARE NAVAJO WEDGE WEAVE STYLE SAMPLER BLANKET / RUG, GOOD CONDITION, C1890-1910

RARE NAVAJO WEDGE WEAVE STYLE SAMPLER BLANKET / RUG, GOOD CONDITION, C1890-1910

$ 237.6

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Origin: SW United States
  • Modified Item: No
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Tribal Affiliation: Navajo
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Provenance: Ownership History Not Available
  • Artisan: Unknown
  • Condition: Good overall condition - has wool loss at one end that is an wasy restoration to make excellent.No stain, moths, holes. Please see condition statement below.

    Description

    RARE NAVAJO WEDGE WEAVE STYLE SAMPLER BLANKET / RUG, GOOD CONDITION, C1890-1910
    I’ve never seen this Lightning design on a Transitional Period Sampler before.  It’s an iconic Navajo style presented in a size that was easily transported by rail for a traveling tourist through NavajoLand.  A unique “sample” of a Navajo blanket to bring back home.
    The colors are bright and include an intense variegated copper dyed aniline handspun wool.  The last pic shows an example of this Wedge Weave style shown on the cover of a book on Weaving Arts.
    Great size for displaying - measures approximately 20” x 22”.  Fresh to the market.
    Everything guaranteed as stated. FREE Shipping includes full insurance. Please check out my many other quality auctions. Thank you!
    IN
    an effort to assist Buyers with understanding the way I describe the condition of Navajo weavings that I’m selling on ebay, I spoke with Navajo textile author and expert Tyrone Campbell about his ‘Classification Categories for Condition’ that he first published in his NEWSLETTER in 1981.
    After discussing with him that we may have to tweak it a bit because its been 40 years since it was originally comprised and has gotten nearly impossible to find weavings in excellent, let alone mint condition these days, I concluded, what the hell, why mess with a good thing.  It’s a standard worth sticking to!  So here it is as originally written (and with permission to reprint from Tyrone, July 2020).
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    “CLASSIFICATION
    CATEGORIES
    FOR DETERMINING PHYSICAL CONDITION
    FRAGMENT:           Any portion of an entire weaving.
    DETERIORATED:  Heavily damaged, warps exposed, selvage missing, large holes, serious fading or running, corners or areas missing.
    AVERAGE:               Shows floor wear or small holes, some selvage damage, very minor bleeding, etc.
    GOOD:                      Above average classification may still show use, but not broken warps.  In some cases a very small hole or two or a minor selvage break or two is acceptable.
    EXCELLENT:           No holes, no bleeding or fading, no exposed warps or serious selvage damage.
    MINT:                        This classification means that the textile is in pristine condition.
    NOTE:  In the case of rare weavings we will up-grade the condition classification from Average to Good or from Good to Excellent, but in no case to Mint or from Deteriorated to Average condition.”
    From THE TYRONE D. CAMPBELL NEWSLETTER, Published at Albuquerque, N.M., 1981.
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