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Mid-20th Century Native American Navajo Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
This mid-20th-century Navajo rug stands out for its striking monochrome palette and highly unusual central medallion. Elongated and narrow, the medallion features a simple yet rhythm...
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Mid-20th Century American Folk Art North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Native American Navajo Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th-century Navajo rug dazzles with its bold color and rare border treatment. Three stacked diamond medallions—each rendered in vivid c...
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Vintage 1920s American Folk Art North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Native American Navajo Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
Woven in the early 20th century, this striking Navajo rug features a bold central zigzag medallion rendered in a soft crimson stripe, enclosing a calm gray field. The medallion sits ...
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Vintage 1910s American Folk Art North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Native American Navajo Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
Woven around 1900, this exceptionally rare large-format Navajo rug is a striking example of Indigenous artistry on an ambitious scale. At its center lies a natural brown diamond meda...
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Antique Early 1900s American Folk Art North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Navajo Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century Navajo rug is a striking example of Indigenous textile artistry—woven with natural wool in a bold, graphic composition that feels at once timeless and modern....
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Vintage 1920s American Folk Art North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Mid-20th Century Navajo Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking mid-20th century Navajo rug with two large diamond medallions woven in black, red, and brown wool, living amidst a field of white, and flanked by more black and red design...
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Vintage 1950s American Native American North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Karistan Kirman-Style Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful late-20th century American Kirastan Kirman-style runner with and all-over diamond floral pattern woven in myriad colors including pinks, golds, turquoise, greens, creams,...
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Late 20th Century American Kirman North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Karastan-Style Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful early 20th century American Karastan-style rug with a large central floral medallion with even more floral medallions radiating out, all woven with myriad flowers and scr...
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Vintage 1940s American Tribal North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare Vintage Ecuadorian Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare mid-20th century Ecuadorian hand-knotted wool rug with a mirrored pattern of abstract reptile scale patterns, or up-close floral patterns, or distorted landscape patterns, all...
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Mid-20th Century Ecuadorean Tribal North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Navajo Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A stunning vintage Navajo rug with a pattern of diamonds reducing size and changing in color, and separated by zigzag or triangle patterns, all woven in...
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Vintage 1940s American Native American North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage American Karistan Heriz-Style Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A chic late 20th century American hand-knotted Keristan rug with a Heriz-style pattern including a large central floral medallion living amidst a field of even more stylized flower a...
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Late 20th Century American Heriz Serapi North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Navajo Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A stunning early 20th century Native American Navajo flatweave rug with two incredible large star-shaped medallions flanking a central smaller black medallion set against a natural a...
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Native American North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Navajo Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking early 20th century Navajo rug with an all-over stepped diamond pattern with crimson, white, and black stripes, set against an abrash natural gray wool ground, and surround...
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Vintage 1930s American Navajo North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fantastic Early 20th Century Navajo Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A fantastic early 20th century Navajo rug with four large red arrows pointing outward from a central white diamond, and living amidst a field of other geometric shapes on an abrash n...
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Vintage 1920s American Navajo North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Navajo Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking vintage Navajo rug with several diamonds running the length and living amidst a field of more diamond patterns, all woven in crimson, ind...
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Mid-20th Century American Navajo North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Mexican Flatweave Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful late-20th century Mexican hand-woven wool rug with a large central Aztec figure in profile, and surrounded by a brown wool border with two str...
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Late 20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Navajo Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking early 20th century Native North American Navajo Rug with a bold geometric diamond pattern woven in crimson and white wool against a gray background, and with a fantastic b...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Navajo North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Navajo Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Navajo rug with a wonderful geometric pattern including a large central diamond medallion floating over a gray field an...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Navajo North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Navajo Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A vintage Navajo rug with large central stylized eagle standing on an arrow, and flanked by two diamond medallions, and set against a striped backgr...
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Vintage 1960s American Navajo North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Navajo Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking early 20th century Navajo blanket with a bold all-over diamond pattern woven in crimson, white, gray, and black wool.
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Vintage 1940s North American Navajo North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Navajo Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Native American Navajo rug with red, gray, black, tan, and white stripes in the center, and geometric zigzags and diamonds at opposite ends.
Category
Vintage 1940s American Native American North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Late 20th Century Mexican Kilim Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A gorgeous and bold Late 20th century Mexican handwoven kilim rug with rich orange, indigo, crimson, pink, white, and natural wool stripes, and three...
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Late 20th Century Mexican Kilim North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Bold Mid-20th Century Navajo Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A bold mid-20th century Navajo rug with an all-over diamond pattern woven in black, white, and brown wool surrounded by a wide crimson, white, and gray stepped border.
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Vintage 1950s American Navajo North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
MId-20th Century Navajo Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful mid-20th century Navajo rug with a bands of stars or stylized flowers alternating in crimson and black across the field.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Navajo North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Navajo Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful early 20th century Navajo woven with a bold large-scale geometric pattern across the field surrounded by a complex border of wave...
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Early 20th Century American Kilim North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
20th Century Hook Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
20th century Folk Art hook rug with several crimson floral medallions with stylized flowers woven in indigo, gold, cream, pink, and green on a cream colored ground. The border is sim...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
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North American rugs & carpets:
North American has never developed a unified handmade rug tradition, but rather it is the unassimilated confluence of several. From Mexico comes the Saltillo serape wearing blanket, and this stimulates the Navajo and Rio Grande (Colorado) weavers, first as blankets, then as rugs. The thrifty habits of rural America gave rise to the New England (and Western Canadian) hooked rug types, while the farmers of the Midwest recycled their disused garments into braided and rag rugs.
The closest to a real ongoing tradition are the Southwestern (New Mexican) Navajo rugs. By the 1860s the native tribes were weaving wearing blankets with wool from the Spanish churro sheep. These were in stripe design, with combinations of undyed wool with cochineal reds and indigo blues. The multi-phase “Chief’s Blankets” from the 1870s-80s are a natural outgrowth of these. Machine spun red wool from Germantown in Pennsylvania appeared in the 1870s with a bright red hitherto unobtainable. The weavers loved it and blankets appeared with bright reds, generally aniline, in “eye dazzler” patterns. Anglo traders established posts beginning in the 1890s. Navajo weavings were perfect accompaniments not only for Western-themed decors, but for East Coast apartments, only they needed to be thicker and more rug like to be truly accepted. The traders brought Caucasian and Turkish village rugs to copy, borders were introduced and central medallions devised. The weavers continued to create on vertical looms, with a shared warp (dovetailing) weft structure to avoid slits. The warps were cotton string. Sizes were generally scatters, but occasionally a special order came in, hence antique room size Navajos are very rare and very pricey. Distinct village/pueblo styles developed. Among the best are: Two Grey Hills (considered the tightest, closest of all Navajo weaving), Crystal Springs, and Ganado. Certain new patterns such as the “Storm pattern” with jagged lightning bolts emanating from a dark cloud developed. The Yei rug with dancing Kachina doll figures became popular. The palette has been expanded beyond the classic grey, tan, dark brown, and cream natural wool combination to again include reds, blues, and greens. Navajo pictorials include American flags, trains, and automobiles, domestic and local scenes and scenery. Individual artist weavers now command gallery shows and correspondingly elevated prices. There are several levels of Navajo work, and antique and vintage scatters with simple flat designs, medium weaves, and tritonal palettes, and in good floor worthy condition are still available reasonably.
The Native American weaving tradition extends into Colorado with two-piece scatters with sharp sawtooth medallions and striped end borders, with wool tapestry weave on cotton warps. These descend from the Saltillo blankets...
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Mid-20th Century American Folk Art North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Yarn
Mid-20th Century Handmade American Folk Rag Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage American folk rag rug in accent rug format handmade during the mid-20th century.
Measures: 5' 10" x 8' 7".
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century American Hooked Rug
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Early 20th Century American Hooked Rug 3' 2" x 6' 6"
Located in New York, NY
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Category
Antique Early 1900s American North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Mid 20th Century American Navajo Yei Rug ( 2'10" x 3'10" - 86 x 117 )
Located in New York, NY
The black border of this figural Yei rug frames the grey field with three standing dancers and a fourth stretched and bent around three sides.
Yei rugs are copies after intentionall...
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Vintage 1940s American Navajo North and South American Rugs
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Early 20th Century American Navajo Carpet ( 3'7" x 6' - 109 x 183 )
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Located in New York, NY
Mid 20th Century American Hooked Rug 2' 8" x 4' 6"
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Located in New York, NY
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Tribal Mid-20th Century Handmade American Pictorial Flatweave Navajo Throw Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage American flatweave throw rug handmade by the Navajo tribe during the mid-20th century with a pictorial animal design.
Measures: 3' 3" x 4' 3".
Category
Mid-20th Century American Tribal North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
