1880s-90s EARLY TRANSITIONAL BLANKET Navajo Rug CHURRO

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Offered is a circa 1880s-90s gorgeous early transitional weaving that measures 2 feet 10 inches long by 2 foot 8 inches wide or 34" wide x 32" long. It comes from the Navaho Nation and is in very good to excellent condition. It was woven by an expert weaver on a primitive upright loom of all Native hand shorn, hand carded and handspun soft silky long staple Churro sheep wool weft on a stout Trading Post cotton cord warp. This piece is just shimmering with brilliant colors, which is a result of the long stapled silky Churro wool being dyed with bright colors. Long stapled worsted wool has a much higher degree of light reflection than the short staple, curly Merino quality wools. The utility of this piece was either for a small child size trade blanket or possibly a large fancy single saddle blanket. One of the photos shows how the blanket would look when folded for wearing like an old serape. The design of this sweet little piece features a large central serrated concentric diamond. To each side are 3 smaller serrated half diamonds. This weaving is finished at each end with a compound stripe of brilliant lemon yellow and silvery purple. We obtained this Native American textile in Colorado Springs , Colorado just to offer to you on eBay. It has a soft, silky weft count averaging 26 per inch and a warp count of 8 per inch. Selvage cords in the weaving are 100% original and in excellent condition. Warp selvages are 2-spiral cords each 2-ply, Z-spin and S-twist. Weft selvages are 2-spiral cords each 2-ply, Z-spin and S-twist. Corners are tight, original and in excellent condition. All 4 tassels are in very good condition with Indigo dyed augmented tassels added. No bleed, no holes, no odors, no moth nibbles and no fade. T is a light grayish spot in the white of the central diamond that is smaller than 1 ¼" x 2" on one side and much less than that on the other (we did not try to clean it). T are 3 small 1" x ½" repairs in the end stripes, 2 in the bluish purple and one in the yellow. The knotted end of the blanket has had 8 bundles of warps replaced and re-tied. It has never been cleaned before, is pretty clean now and comes from a non-smoking home. Both sides are shown in the photos below. It lays flat & smooth and is symmetrical. Colors are bright and strong with the total colors in this old American Indian carpet being natural silvery white along with hand dyed aniline colors of bright turkey red to a bright cardinal red, shiny lavender blue to a shiny purplish blue, bright transitional orange and a brilliant lemon yellow that is probably vegetal dyed. Complete with lazy lines, this very nice example of antique Native Americana is ready to display in your own hacienda or just tuck away in your private rug & blanket collection. Low Reserve. Your satisfaction is highly valued with us. Feel free to email or call our home / ranch in New Mexico , with any questions. (We do not do email appraisals or opinions on weavings unless we have them in our hands.) We do not end auctions early to sell to email offers. Due to extra fees involved on items selling for more than $1,000.00, we prefer payment by cashier check, money order or personal check for items closing at over $1,000.00. Items held up to 10 days or until check clears. Cashier Checks, Money Orders, Wells Fargo & Bank of America shipping early. We only ship to confirmed addresses. We are always buying more Navaho weavings to list on eBay each Thursday night at 8 pm MT with them going off at 8 pm MT each Sunday night. +++ Be sure to add us to your favorites list and then see our other eBay listings that will always include old Navajo rugs and blankets! © Neither we nor eBay will ever send out Second Chance Offers for any reason on any of our auctions that have ended. If you receive a 2nd Chance Offer or anything like it from anyone concerning any of our items - or even one concerning a weaving supposedly exactly like ours, automatically consider it fraudulent and forward a copy of it t... read more

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