...MENA rugs, but being in Arizona, I also find some lovely SW and Navajo rugs. Wanted to post this rug I purchased for $100 from a local seller....
The shrinking can't be reversed, so that's the big issue. Plus it's a Mexican copy of a Navajo Gallup Throw rug, (which has fringe on one end...
...weaving. All these are commonly used on Mexican copies of Navajo rugs. The designs may be similar, (or copied), but it's the way it is...
...tassel at the corner of your rug is added on, and braided. Many Navajo rugs have corner tassels, but they are an integral extension of the...
It appears that the shorter side has a larger stich pattern on the short side 48"and a smaller on the 77" side. I have also attached what the...
My first impression is that it may be a Mexican copy of a Navajo Yei rug - the colors are atypical, and I associate those stepped key patterns...
A bodgered Navajo rug would be my best guess, but I can't be certain. It has certainly had a rough life. The wool looks similar to late 19th-early...
looks like an eye dazzler........ but then...it doesn't. the stiching doesn't look right for a Navajo loom... @2manybooks
Even the Navajo and Apache in the SW USA belong to that group. They wandered south as nomads from Canada.
A wealth of knowledge as always tapou, 2many, and aj. I knew it didn’t look right for Navajo based on technique but a long time industry seller...
Depends on what you mean by "Native." Everyone is "native" to somewhere, somewhere. If you mean is it Native American Indian, it's not. The...
Possibly Navajo but very possibly not. Someone thought it was. What say yee’all? [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]
But they don't look like analine dye either. They look like, as others said, craft kit yarn from the 60s or 70s. So does the pattern, but...
Yes, but to your first point, above, aniline dyes and aniline yarns were certainly available in the late 19th century. Navajo weavers were...
It looks like a Navajo piece, woven in a diamond twill pattern. @Taupou has posted several times on the distinctive features of Navajo weaving, so...
It was a really horrible experience. They also infested my Navajo rug. It's been out in the garage wrapped in plastic for 2 years now. I'm afraid...
...since I've been battling moths for years, and I collect Navajo rugs. Problem is, most wool items, that moths seem to prefer, are ruined by...
Thank you for the great information!
...that explains how to tell, and includes drawings showing how Navajo rugs are constructed: https://www.navajorugrepair.com/fake.htm I can't...
I found this at my regular thrift store yesterday & bought it even though it is stained/needs a cleaning (it's pink where a lap or something else...
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