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Evan M. Maurer, "Determining Quality in Native American Art" in The Arts of the North American Indian: Native Traditions in Evolution, ed. Paul Anbinder, New York: Philbrook Art Center, 1986. Marian E. Rodee, Old Navajo Rugs: Their Development from 1900 to 1940, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1983.
Navajo rugs are woven by Navajo women today from Navajo-Churro sheep, other breeds of sheep, or commercial wool. Designs can be pictorial or abstract, based on historic Navajo, Spanish, Asian, or Persian designs. 20th century Navajo weavers include Clara Sherman and Hosteen Klah, who co-founded the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian.
In 1850, an American soldier characterized Navajo blankets as "the best in the world." [ 21 ] In the 1890s, traders began large-scale marketing of Navajo blankets and rugs to meet a growing demand. To increase production and often at the expense of quality, traders introduced new designs, aniline dyes , and manufactured wool and cotton yarn ...
Prior to 1909 the blankets had round corners. The Bishop blankets featured square corners. Pendleton round corner blankets are highly coveted by vintage Pendleton blanket collectors. The company expanded their trade from the local indigenous tribes of the Columbia River area to the Navajo, Hopi, and Zuni peoples of the American Southwest. To do ...
The museum includes 19th century furnishings and decorations, including quilts, textiles, and handcrafts, antique firearms, gowns worn by the wives of Oregon's Governors at their inaugural balls, West Coast Native American blankets, Robert Newell's Masonic paraphernalia, and spinning equipment and looms.
Button blankets are worn over the shoulders and the crest design hangs on the back of the wearer. [6] Among the people who make button blankets, the blankets are not hung from walls except at funerals or near the graves of chiefs. [6] Haida artist Florence Davidson (1896–1993) was known for her button blankets.