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78423 Late 19th Century Antique Germantown Optical Navajo-Style Kilim Rug, 03'03 x 05'01. Woven in the waning years of the 19th century, this handwoven wool antique Germantown optical Navajo-style kilim rug embodies a moment when tradition and transformation met at the loom. Created during the height of the Germantown era (circa 1875–1900), it harnesses the brilliance of commercially dyed wool yarns—red, navy, gray, and black—to craft an optical field alive with motion and intent. These yarns, traded in from Eastern mills, did not erase the past; rather, they served as pigment for a new visual language—an act of artistic sovereignty in a time of profound cultural upheaval. This Navajo-style kilim rug’s design is not merely bold; it is visionary, a prayer spun in precise geometry.
The central field unfolds in alternating black and gray horizontal bands, each carefully framed by fine vermilion red stripes that hum with contained fire. These bands repeat in measured sequence, but it is their interruption—those rhythmic rectangular ladders, staggered and interlocking—that lends the piece its dynamic charge. As the eye descends through this field, the architecture of the rug appears to expand and contract like breath, its stepped forms suggesting portals, sacred pathways, or the cosmological structure of emergence. This geometry, though abstract in form, pulses with the ceremonial logic of hózhǫ́, the Diné principle of balance, harmony, and continuity with the natural and spiritual worlds.
Crucially, framing this composition along both sides are stacked blocks of deep navy blue and radiant crimson red, alternating in sequence and aligned to form a vertical chevron pattern. These stepped zigzags, rendered in saturated Germantown hues, are not mere embellishment—they are a visual drumbeat, echoing the movement of sacred dancers or the jagged silhouettes of mountains seen through lightning. Their placement on either edge provides not only formal symmetry but a spiritual border, marking the passage from inner to outer worlds. The verticality of this chevron band contrasts the horizontal pull of the field, creating a tension that is deliberate and harmonious, like opposites singing in unison.
There is only the smoke-gray of storm skies, the midnight black of protective shadows, the indigo blue of holy waters, and the lifeblood red of resilience. This Navajo-style kilim rug was not woven for mere display but for remembrance, resistance, and renewal. Through it, a Diné-inspired weaver turned industrial threads into a map of memory—one that bridges sacred geography, ancestral rhythm, and artistic reinvention. In the language of wool, this antique Germantown optical rug still speaks, not just to the eyes but to the enduring heartbeat of a culture that endures.
Rendered in variegated shades of gray, red, black, and blue with other accent colors.
Abrash.
Handwoven wool.
Made in America.
Measures: 03'03 x 05'01.
Date: 1880's. Late 19th Century.
- Creator:Navajo (Weaver)
- Dimensions:Width: 39 in (99.06 cm)Length: 61 in (154.94 cm)
- Style:Spanish Colonial (In the Style Of)
- Materials and Techniques:Wool,Hand-Woven
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1880-1889
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Abrash.
- Seller Location:Dallas, TX
- Reference Number:Seller: 78423 Antique Germantown Navajo-Style Rug, 03'03 x 05'011stDibs: LU942933913082
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