Native American Rugs and Carpets
NATIVE AMERICAN STYLE
Native American broadly describes any Indigenous people in North America and encompasses hundreds of tribes and groups, all with distinct cultures. Native American–style furniture and decor likewise varies widely, from pieces created by Indigenous people to those appropriated by non-native designers.
Indigenous furniture’s rich heritage includes the bentwood boxes of the Northwest Coast carved from cedar for storing household or ceremonial objects. Generations of Native American people have made baskets for holding household items, with those in the Northeast using sweetgrass and those in the Southeast using pine needles and wicker. Artisans in the Plateau region wove watertight pieces like cradles from plant materials. Although these objects were intricately made, they were usually utilitarian rather than decorative.
The colonization of North America and the removal of Indigenous people from their lands led to the suppression of these practices. Many styles that used Native American motifs — such as Southwestern style, which was heavily influenced by the geometric patterns of Navajo textiles — have historically not involved Indigenous creators and, instead, have taken their traditions without their tribal context.
When decorating a home with Native American–style furniture, it is important to do so respectfully, by understanding the origins of motifs and objects and examining who profits from their sale. There are now Indigenous-led companies, such as Cherokee designer Cray Bauxmont-Flynn’s Amatoya and Totem House Design, promoting Indigenous work in furniture and home decor. Supporting Indigenous artists and artisans is essential to confronting the still pervasive issue of cultural appropriation in design.
Find a collection of Native American living room furniture, folk art, rugs and carpets, decorative objects and other items on 1stDibs.
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Style: Native American
Period: 19th Century
American Navajo Rug with Geometric Diamond All-Over Design in Tan, Brown, Cream
Located in Atlanta, GA
Measures: 3'9 x 5'7
American Navajo Rug with Geometric Diamond All-Over Design in Tan, Brown, Cream. Keivan Woven Arts / rug W22-0901, country of origin / type: United States of Ame...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Navajo Weaving Late 19th Century
By Navajo
Located in Hudson, NY
Circa 1890 Navajo weaving with a very elegant and modern design. Nice mottling of the natural colors, especially in the reds. This is a very bold weaving. This weaving is in good as ...
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1880s American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
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Wool
Antique Navajo Weaving 1890
By Navajo
Located in Hudson, NY
Circa 1890 Navajo weaving with a very elegant and modern design. Nice mottling of the natural colors, especially in the reds. This is a very bold weaving,...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
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Wool
Antique Navajo Carpet, Handmade Wool, Neutral colors, Ivory, Beige, Gray & Brown
Located in Port Washington, NY
Navajo rugs and blankets are textiles produced by Navajo people of the Four Corners area of the United States. Navajo textiles are highly rega...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Navajo Carpet, Folk Rug, Handmade Wool, Red, Black, White, Green
Located in Port Washington, NY
Navajo rugs and blankets are textiles produced by Navajo people of the four corners area of the United States. Navajo textiles are highly regarded and ...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Navajo Weaving Large circa 1890 to 1900
By Navajo
Located in Hudson, NY
Navajo crystal weaving with Greek key border creating a very elegant and modern design. Nice mottling in the natural brown field. This is a usual weaving with emblem-ism of the spide...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
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Wool
19th Century Transitional Period American Navajo Carpet (5'5" x 7'2"-165 x 218)
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Transitional Period American Navajo Carpet ( 5'5" x 7'2"-165 x 218 )
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1880s American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
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Wool
Antique Navajo Germantown Weaving, circa 1890, Eyedazzler Red Green Yellow Black
Located in Denver, CO
19th century vintage Navajo weaving, blanket woven of Germantown Yarns in an Eyedazzler pattern of vibrant colors including red, green, yellow, black and white. Germantown textiles ...
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19th Century American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
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Wool
Antique Navajo Carpet, Handmade Wool, Ivory, Beige, Gray and Brown
Located in Port Washington, NY
Navajo rugs and blankets are textiles produced by Navajo people of the four corners area of the United States. Navajo textiles are highly rega...
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Early 19th Century North American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Distressed 1880 Huge Handwoven American Indian Carpet Rug
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this extra large country house, American Indian striped rug circa 1880
I have a collection of 12 rugs I’m now listing for sale of all kinds of a...
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1880s American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
19th Century Navajo Blanket with a Nine Point Diamond and Cross with Red
By Navajo
Located in Denver, CO
19th Century Navajo Blanket with a nine point diamond and cross design in red, white, black and purple, similar to a chiefs pattern with a classic banded moki background. Dimensions ...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique 1850s Mesoamerican Saltillo Serape Transitional Mounted Textile
Located in Denver, CO
Mesoamerican Saltillo Serape transitional textile from 1850, made of wool with natural dyes in red, pink, blue, white and black. Presented securely mou...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Navajo Indian Rio Grande Blanket, Handmade Rug, Folk Art, Blue
Located in Port Washington, NY
Rare find: Navajo Indian Rio Grande blanket, circa 1860, all homespun (handspun wool) with indigo dye and natural brown and white, 4' x 7'2"
Nava...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Navajo Blanket "Eagle" Design Oriental Rug Fine German Town Wool Neutral
Located in Port Washington, NY
Navajo rugs and blankets are textiles produced by Navajo people of the four corners area of the United States. Navajo textiles are highly regarded and have been sought after as trade items for over 150 years. Commercial production of handwoven blankets and rugs has been an important element of the Navajo economy. As one expert expresses it, "Classic Navajo serapes...
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Early 19th Century American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Classic Moki Style Navajo Wearing Blanket, Late 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th century classic Moki style Navajo wearing blanket.
The Moki pattern is one of the oldest designs in Navajo weaving and can be traced ...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
19th Century Germantown Navajo Carpet ( 3 x 4'3" - 92 x 130 cm )
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Germantown Navajo Carpet ( 3 x 4'3" - 92 x 130 cm )
Orange-red and rust-red bands alternate in this border less Chinle-style antique. Th...
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1870s American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Navajo Transitional Serape, circa 1870
By Navajo
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Classical Navajo transition serape tied on fringe both ends, stacked white diamonds with blue dark brown centers and bands. 4' x 6'8"
Period: circ...
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1870s American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Other
Large Antique Eye Dazzler Navajo Carpet, Handmade, Wool, Beige, Tan, Gray & Red
Located in Port Washington, NY
Navajo rugs and blankets are textiles produced by Navajo people of the four corners area of the United States. Navajo textiles are highly rega...
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Late 19th Century North American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Late 19th Century American Navajo Germantown Carpet ( 4' x 6' - 122 x 183 )
Located in New York, NY
A crisp orangey-red field displays a central column of six side-pinched lozenges and en suite half side columns. A raspberry red fills the secondary spiky elements. A medium blue is ...
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1890s American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
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Wool
19th Century American Navajo Transitional Period - Beeldlei Carpet
Located in New York, NY
This piece clearly shows the transition between blankets and rugs. The blankets, woven up until the early 20th century, show, as here, no lateral borders, and a lighter, wearable han...
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1890s American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
1880s Navajo Pictorial Germantown Weaving
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Navajo pictorial Germantown with arrows, whirling logs and either "S's", "5s" or "2s". A few minor stains but not distracting. 5'4" x 7'2". Great conditio...
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1880s American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
19th Century Transitional Period Navajo Carpet ( 4'4" x 7'2' - 132 x 218 )
Located in New York, NY
Orangy-red dominates this 19th century Southwestern rustic scatter in the style of the Classic Style blankets of the 1870s. Zig-zags, single or doubled, alternate in panels with bloc...
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1890s American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
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Wool
Antique Navajo Diamond Design
Located in Evanston, IL
A typical Navajo rug has approximately 30 wefts to the linear inch. A two grey hills from Toadlena average about 45. The finer pieces frequently have upwards of 80. When a textile ha...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Navajo Eye-dazzler Rug, 3'9" x 5'11"
Located in Evanston, IL
Please ask me for the best way for shipping.
be45" x 75" Unusual Eye-dazzler Navajo Rug, c-1890 in excellent condition,
A classic Navajo rug circa 1890's in excellent condition. ...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
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Wool
Antique Navajo Carpet, Oriental Rug, Handmade Wool Rug, Gray Color
Located in Port Washington, NY
Navajo rugs and blankets are textiles produced by Navajo people of the Four Corners area of the United States. Navajo textiles are highly regarded and have been sought after as trade...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
1885 Navajo Weaving in Jewel Tones, Red, Yellow, Orange, and Brown
Located in Denver, CO
Jewel toned transitional period Navajo weaving circa 1885. Wool with aniline dyes, geometric design featuring repetition of triangles. Measures 77 x 54 1/4 inches.
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19th Century American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Outstanding Late 19th Century Navajo Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
An outstanding late 19th century Navajo rug with a fantastic pattern of interlocking crimson and black lines around white squares creating a zigzag...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
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Located in New York, NY
Navajo rug flat woven rug tapestry beige
Measures: 4' x6' (3'11" x 5'7")
119cm x 170cm
Circa 1920
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Native American rugs and carpets for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Native American rugs and carpets for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage rugs and carpets created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include rugs and carpets, folk art, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with fabric, wool and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Native American rugs and carpets made in a specific country, there are North America, United States, and Asia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original rugs and carpets, popular names associated with this style include Navajo, Native American Art, Navajo Indian Art, and Two Grey Hills. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for rugs and carpets differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $159 and tops out at $89,495 while the average work can sell for $3,742.
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