Rio Grande Blanket, c.1885

Item: NOR1268C
Material: handspun wool
Size: 94" x 52"
Period: Historic
Origin: Hispanic

This is a late 19th century Rio Grande blanket woven entirely in hand spun wool in natural ivory and a variety of hand dyed aniline colors including various shades of red, purple and yellow. Textiles from Northern New Mexico were woven in two long panels on a treadle loom and then either hand woven together or sewn along the interior seam. The design is composed of a series of horizontal bands of alternating thickness in alternating stripes of color.

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