Name/Title
Navajo textile artsEntry/Object ID
E99.N3.M51Collection
Edith Wyle CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
edith wyle collection, indian textile fabrics, navajo textile fabricsBook Details
Author
Harry Percival MeraPublisher
Peregrine SmithDate Published
1975Call No.
E99.N3.M51ISBN
879050403, 9780879050405LCCN
75016296Notes
Length: 122General Notes
Note Type
ContentsNote
The so-called "Chief Blanket"--Navajo blankets of the "classic" period--The "slave blanket"--Pictorial blankets--Banded-background blankets--Wedge-weave blankets--The serrate designs of Navajo blanketry--The zoning treatment in Navajo blanket design--The outline or tisnasbas blanket--Navajo twilled weaving--Cloth-strip blankets of the Navajo--Children's shawls and saddle blankets--Saddle covers--Miscellaneous blanketry--Navajo rugs of the crystal and two gray hills types--The Chinlee rug--Navajo woven dresses--What does the future hold?