Evaluating Navajo Rugs

Some people also describe navajo weavings as wall hangings or saddle blankets.

Evaluating navajo rugs.

The quickest way for you to get a handle on evaluating navajo rugs is to simply contact me. Many of the navajo rugs for sale on our site including many of the new pieces have literally hung in museums. A centuries old tradition all of our rugs are woven by navajo weavers most of whom live traditionally on the navajo reservation located across arizona new mexico and utah. Rugs posts story of navajo weaving.

Certain regional styles are more valued than others. Click the contact. From the inception of weavi. How to find evaluate buy care for them 1975 revised edition 1990 northland publishing flagstaff az.

And to ensure our quality remains superior personally evaluate the navajo rugs blankets and weavings we duly select. We regularly visit the navajo reservation. Beyond the loom by ann lane hedlund keys to understanding early southwestern weaving. Uneven carding faded dyes and idiosyncratic designs are more common in older rugs.

This is the largest american indian reservation in the country some 16 million acres with more than 350 000 navajos. These are works of textile art to be collected and handed down accordingly. I have over 4 decades as a rug appraiser with quality experience in the field of evaluating and appraising navajo rugs and oriental rugs and i perform hundreds of written and verbal appraisals each year. Again you receive accurate valuations.

Certain patterns and wool weights can influence value. I am always happy to spend time with you on the phone at the showroom or through emails. Make offer navajo rug night sky w yei s mountains regina bia chinle az 36 x 25 amazing. A guide to navajo rugs susan lamb dedera don navajo rugs.

Specializing in navajo rugs and navajo blankets including early classic navajo blankets chiefs blankets transitional blankets and navajo weavings from ganado two grey hills teec nos pos crystal toadalena bisti chinle wide ruins burntwater coal mine mesa crystal germantown klagetoh nazlini and teec nos pos navajo rugs and blankets can be divided into four periods. Whether the rug you buy at nizhoni ranch gallery costs 400 dollars 4 000 dollars or 40 000 dollars always remember. These are not merely navajo rugs. Older rugs are more likely to be made with handspun and the designs are more personal.

Old navajo rugs in an antique store always seem to be 1200 once the origin of the rug has been pointed out. Johnson publishing company 1990. Navajo rug night sky w yei s mountains regina bia chinle az 36 x 25 amazing.