Navajo Double Saddle Blanket

Item #: 594
Origin: Navajo
Date: Circa 1900

Media: Wool
Dimensions: 51 x 36″
Description: Wonderful play on the double saddle blanket here, with a switch of the colors as well as in the border.  Floating elements include a central stacking of 4 spider woman crosses, a circle of 4-directional symbols, stacked squares on each corner resolving to the border with a single weft of yarn.  Condition is good with some dye run, dye fade, some fraying of selvage and corner tassels.   Most all yarns are handspun, except for some 4 ply germantown yarns in the floating pictorial elements.

Price: Sold