Indiana - North and South American Rugs

Following the fashion in the U.S.A. for French Aubusson and Savonnerie carpets at the turn of the previous century, workshops were commissioned to weave hooked rugs in this style. Th...

Antique Navajo Rug 5'1 X 5'8. Navajos are usually in scatter sizes and larger, room size pieces are both extremely rare and highly desirable . As perpetually fashionable as they are ...

This Bloom Hide Rug was designed in collaboration between Kyle Bunting and Interior Designer Marc Thee for their 2018 rug collection. About the Design: The lush, overlapping blosso...

Colorful wool rug with two different pile heights and borders in the style of Edward fields rugs, signed by artist. 1970s Measures: 9’ x 12’.

Patrik Korb Design for Edward Fields geometric patterns with graduated optical tones.

An exceptional example of Native American craftsmanship, this vintage Navajo rug dates to the late 20th century and features a sophisticated palette of ivory, gray, brown, and black....

Fantastic carved pile rug with abstract splashes of red and orange by Edward Fields. Can be either hung on the wall, as the previous owners did, or used as a carpet. When on the wall...

A large sized wool rug with contrasting boarder tones in black , yellow with butterscotch as the main color . Retains the backing edge trim with the manufactures imprint , Edward Fie...

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...

Edward fields rug with cream background and green camo like squiggles and abstract expressionisms.

Vintage Navajo Rug 4'3 X 6'2. Navajos are usually in scatter sizes and larger, room size pieces are both extremely rare and highly desirable . As perpetually fashionable as they are ...

Vintage Navajo Rug 3'9 X 5'4. Navajos are usually in scatter sizes and larger, room size pieces are both extremely rare and highly desirable . As perpetually fashionable as they are ...