Colorful American Braid Confetti Throw Size Rug

One of a kind colorful American Braid runner from the late 20th century Measures: 2'6'' x 9'1'' American Braided rugs provided a way for people to...

Late 20th century colorful hand-loomed American hooked rug with a red canoe on top of a small car surrounded by a few trees and 2 chairs Measures: 1'10'' ...

Late 20th century hand-loomed American hooked rug depicting an innocent dog. Measures: 2' x 2'11''.

A wild one of a kind handmade American Hooked Rug with a confetti mosaic-style pattern on a dark brown field Measures: 5'1'' x 7'5''.

A room size mid-20th century American Hooked rug with a floral all-over design on gray khaki striped field and oatmeal brown color border. circa mid-20th century, measures: 8'3...

A large rare corridor size American Rag rug from the early 20th century Measures: 8' x 18'1''.

A vintage American Braid carpet from the mid-20th century.

Measures: 8'5 x 11'2 This large American braided rug features a unique color palette coupled with a fine demonstration of American weaving. The tones of each stripe come together to produce a magnificent display of blended beauty. Country of origin: USA; Type: American Hooked/American flat...

A vintage American Rag rug in throw/scatter size handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 3" x 6' 5".

Antique American Hooked rug featuring colorful pictorial village scene, rug s12-0806, country of origin / type: United States / Hooked, circa 1920 This American Hooked rug depicts...

A vintage American Braided oval room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 9' 5" x 12' 3" 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 1860’s 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 1870’s-80’s are a natural outgrowth of these. Machine spun red wool from Germantown in Pennsylvania appeared in the 1870’s 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 1890’s. 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, blue 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...

Confetti medium rug by Art & Loom Dimensions: D274.3 x H365.8 cm Materials: New Zealand wool & Chinese silk Quality (Knots per Inch): 80 Also available in different dimensions. ...