Navajo Floor Rug with Klagetoh Pattern [SOLD]

Navajo textiles woven in the Ganado and Klagetoh areas of the reservation are quite similar in style and often it is difficult to determine which region the weaver is from.  Generally, weavers from the Ganado region use a large amount of red in their textiles.  Patterns associated with weavers from the Klagetoh area consist of a large diamond in the center of the textile surrounded by a border or borders of stepped and hook designs.

We believe that this Navajo floor rug is from the Klagetoh region of the Navajo Reservation and dates to the 1970s. It was woven entirely in homespun fleeces of a natural palette with the exception for the aniline-dye red. It is typically Klagetoh in pattern and overall execution and features a large elongated diamond motif in white surrounded by a border of black.  An outer stepped design executed in white further encloses the diamond pattern.  A black and white border completes the design, all of which is on a grey field of natural wool.

Condition: very good condition

Recommended Reading: Old Navajo Rugs: Their Development from 1900 to 1940 by Marian E. Rodee.  This book is currently not available from Adobe Gallery

Provenance: The Marvin and Betty Rubin Collection