blanket/rug

blanket/rug

about 1885
Culture
Navajo
Country
United States
Style/Tradition
eyedazzler
Object
blanket, rug
Medium
wool and cotton
Accession Number
1995.76
Credit Line
Gift of The Douglas Society

Navajo artist, Dah’iistł’ó (Eyedazzler), about 1885. Dyed wool and cotton; 80 x 63 in. Denver Art Museum: Gift of The Douglas Society, 1995.76

Dimensions
height: 83.25 in, 211.455 cm; width: 64 in, 162.56 cm
Inscription
Tag attached was removed and is now in Native Arts Accession File: "1719 Becker".
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
Made by the artist, about 1885; Acquired by the Elk Creek Trading Company, 200 Aspen Lane, Pine, CO, before 1995; Acquired by The Douglas Society, St. Paul, MN, before 1995; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 8 August 1995.