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NM - Navajo Rug (Eye dazzler or Ganado Type) :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD
NM - Navajo Rug (Eye dazzler or Ganado Type) :
This wool rug measures 48 x 72”. Dark brown border with serrate or saw tooth design on inner edges of long sides. Natural (white) band surrounds the gray central background. In each quadrant of the gray ground is a large diamond within diamond design with serrated edges in black/red/clack colors. Along each long side is a black stripe of hand stitching, probably done to reinforce the edges. Eye Dazzler style rug styles were influenced by serape blankets worn in New Mexico in the 1870’s. Usually the design is a simple geometric shape – chevron, diamond, serrate or triangle repeated through the entire weaving.

Occasionally, the Eye Dazzler design will appear only in blocks set off against a solid background. Ganado rugs have a dark border and the black/white/gray design is based on one or two central diamonds embellished with geometric elements. Trader John Lorenzo Hubbell first popularized Ganado style weavings. They are named for a famous Navajo chief the Spanish called Ganado Mucho (Many Cattle). They originated in Ganado, Arizona, where in 1878 Hubbell founded a trading post which operates today. Difficult to say whether this is an Eye Dazzler or Ganado type, but is a good heavy rug.