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SENSATIONAL NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL PERIOD BLANKET,EXCELENT ORIGINAL CONDITION,C1895
SENSATIONAL NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL PERIOD BLANKET,EXCELENT ORIGINAL CONDITION,C1895
SENSATIONAL NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL PERIOD BLANKET,EXCELENT ORIGINAL CONDITION,C1895
SENSATIONAL NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL PERIOD BLANKET,EXCELENT ORIGINAL CONDITION,C1895
SENSATIONAL NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL PERIOD BLANKET,EXCELENT ORIGINAL CONDITION,C1895
SENSATIONAL NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL PERIOD BLANKET,EXCELENT ORIGINAL CONDITION,C1895
SENSATIONAL NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL PERIOD BLANKET,EXCELENT ORIGINAL CONDITION,C1895
SENSATIONAL NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL PERIOD BLANKET,EXCELENT ORIGINAL CONDITION,C1895
SENSATIONAL NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL PERIOD BLANKET,EXCELENT ORIGINAL CONDITION,C1895
SENSATIONAL NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL PERIOD BLANKET,EXCELENT ORIGINAL CONDITION,C1895
SENSATIONAL NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL PERIOD BLANKET,EXCELENT ORIGINAL CONDITION,C1895
SENSATIONAL NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL PERIOD BLANKET,EXCELENT ORIGINAL CONDITION,C1895

SENSATIONAL NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL PERIOD BLANKET,EXCELENT ORIGINAL CONDITION,C1895

$ 501.6

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Provenance: Ownership History Available
  • Tribal Affiliation: Navajo
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Origin: SW United States
  • Condition: Excellent original unrestored condition. The only thing keeping it from being mint is bleeding of red dye. Colors equally intense on both sides. No moth or sunlight damage. Shows little to no wear on vast majority of rug. Full tassels and selvage intact. Please see condition statement below.
  • Artisan: Unknown
  • Modified Item: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    SENSATIONAL NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL PERIOD BLANKET, EXCELLENT ORIGINAL CONDITION, C1895
    It’s rare to find these 100+ year old Transitional Blankets in this condition with even its original tassels intact.  Easily could make mint with a professional cleaning.  Colors are intense.  She even changed out the early crenelated border design on one side and added a white serrated diamond on one end so that the rug wouldn’t be totally symmetrical.  This was a pretty common feature of the earliest rugs or Transitional Blankets as a possible amusing commentary by Navajo weavers on the uniformity of machine-made blankets which were being introduced to the marketplace at the turn of the 20th C.
    Beautiful variegated copper-colored handspun wool.  Neat Navajo Serape size measuring approximately 48” x 68”.
    Circa 1895.  Fresh to the market.
    IN
    an effort to assist Buyers with understanding the way I describe the condition of Navajo weavings that I’m selling on ebay, I spoke with Navajo textile author and expert Tyrone Campbell about his ‘Classification Categories for Condition’ that he first published in his NEWSLETTER in 1981.
    After discussing with him that we may have to tweak it a bit because its been 40 years since it was originally comprised and has gotten nearly impossible to find weavings in excellent, let alone mint condition these days, I concluded, what the hell, why mess with a good thing.  It’s a standard worth sticking to!  So here it is as originally written (and with permission to reprint from Tyrone, July 2020).
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    “CLASSIFICATION
    CATEGORIES
    FOR DETERMINING PHYSICAL CONDITION
    FRAGMENT:           Any portion of an entire weaving.
    DETERIORATED:  Heavily damaged, warps exposed, selvage missing, large holes, serious fading or running, corners or areas missing.
    AVERAGE:               Shows floor wear or small holes, some selvage damage, very minor bleeding, etc.
    GOOD:                      Above average classification may still show use, but not broken warps.  In some cases a very small hole or two or a minor selvage break or two is acceptable.
    EXCELLENT:           No holes, no bleeding or fading, no exposed warps or serious selvage damage.
    MINT:                        This classification means that the textile is in pristine condition.
    NOTE:  In the case of rare weavings we will up-grade the condition classification from Average to Good or from Good to Excellent, but in no case to Mint or from Deteriorated to Average condition.”
    From THE TYRONE D. CAMPBELL NEWSLETTER, Published at Albuquerque, N.M., 1981.
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