Blanket/Rug

Blanket/Rug

about 1890
Culture
Navajo
Country
United States
Style/Tradition
eyedazzler
Object
blanket, rug
Medium
Germantown yarn, wool and cotton
Accession Number
1949.3689
Credit Line
Native Arts acquisition funds

Navajo artist, Textile, about 1890. Wool, cotton, and dye; 85½ x 55½ in. Denver Art Museum: Native Arts acquisition fund, 1949.3689

Dimensions
length: 87 in, 220.98 cm; width: 57 in, 144.78 cm; mount height: 2 in, 5.08 cm; mount width: 55 1/2 in, 140.97 cm
Department
Native Arts
Collection
Indigenous Arts of North America
Blankets woven in a riot of vivid colors with dizzying design combinations created a style of textile now referred to as eyedazzlers. Navajo weavers are justly famous for the excellence of their textiles. Over more than three hundred years of artistic production, designs and materials changed frequently. The eyedazzler style was popular with weavers and their customers from about 1880 to 1900 when brightly colored commercial yarns were widely available through newly established trading posts on the Navajo Reservation.
Known Provenance
Acquired by Kohlberg’s, Denver, CO, before 1949; Purchased by the Denver Art Museum, 10 May 1949.