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#8 Classic Navajo Child's Blanket
Navajo Child's Blankets- ARTIST
- Navajo Child's Blankets
- YEAR
- 1865
- MEDIUM
- Navajo Weaving
- DIMENSIONS
- 51" x 31"
- STATUS
- Available
The combed central diamonds draw the eye and at once cause a lack of focus, anticipating Germantown eye dazzlers popular two decades later. Double-stepped block (candy stripe) zones frame the central row of diamonds giving strength to the center. By comparison, the rest of the blanket is rather subdued in a bayeta background classic serape manner. The combing is repeated in the corner anchors but lacks the dizzying effect. Solid indigo stripes delineate the blue and white meanders occupying the mid-field between the center and the classic three spot anchor points of the ends. The blanket measures 51” x 31” with cochineal-dyed bayeta, indigo blue, and handspun white.