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Prior to the Navajo's production of goods for sale, they made items for their own use. Blanket-weight weavings were used as ...
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Q My mother-in-law’s mother, Hazel, was a Harvey Girl in Arizona. I’m not certain of the exact time period, but she started in Kansas City, then went to Ash Fork, Arizona. Harvey Girls couldn ...
Pendleton blankets are given to returning veterans who ha... Pendleton blankets inspired by Navajo designs benefit Center of Southwest Studies - The Durango Herald × ...
In May, Mr. Williams' Navajo blanket collection will go up for sale at Sotheby’s New York. Mr. Williams' interest in the blankets began in the 1950’s, said David Roche, ...
In a unique collection of Navajo weavings at Colonial Williamsburg, some of the earliest blankets – more than 150 years old – are simple and minimally decorated. They were meant to be worn.
This period from roughly 1880-1920 was one in which Navajo rugs became hugely popular as home decorations, and it remains so today. Over the years, ...
Chief’s Blanket, Navajo Nation (1865-1870); Warp: native handspun wool, Weft: native handspun wool and raveled wool; Gift of Rex and Pat Lucke (All images courtesy of the Art Museums of Colonial ...
Although their name is unknown, a Navajo weaver made this wearing blanket between 1860 and 1865. The School for Advanced Research acquired it in 1931, and it’s in the collection of SAR’s ...
The showiest blanketflowers from the garden center include the 30-plus hybrids of Gaillardia x grandiflora. That's an interspecies hybrid resulting from crosses of G. aristata and G. pulchella.
from card: "woolen blanket of heavy wool, woven in bright colors. (dark brown, yellow, yellow-green, orange, pink) after a thorough inventory of the entire navajo blanket collection by miss ellison ...