Double Saddle Pictorial with Flowers, c.1920

Item: GOR5063C
Material: Handspun Wool in all natural fleece with aniline and vegetal dyes
Size: 53" x 31 1/2"
Period: Historic
Origin: Navajo

This is an early 20th century Navajo double saddle blanket woven entirely in native hand spun wool in natural ivory, hand carded grey, and a variety of hand dyed aniline colors including yellow, orange, and green. The textile has a two panel design with ivory fields separated by an central horizontal band of connected diamonds in three colors. In the corners of one panel are pictorial potted flower motifs inside yellow boxes and in the other panel are star like designs with colorful centers.

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