One Hundred Years Of Navajo Rugs

Author : Marian E. Rodee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780826315762
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One Hundred Years of Navajo Rugs written by Marian E. Rodee and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to identifying and dating rugs by means of weaving materials, providing historical background on the great Navajo weavers and traders.

Author : Susan Lamb
Publisher : Western National Parks Association
ISBN 13 : 9781877856266
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Navajo Rugs written by Susan Lamb and published by Western National Parks Association. This book was released on 1992 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes and depicts the seventeen most common Navajo rug styles, and includes quotes by some of the finest weavers crafting rugs today. Photos of rugs from Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site by George H. H. Huey.

Author : Ann Lane Hedlund
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816524129
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Navajo Weaving in the Late Twentieth Century written by Ann Lane Hedlund and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the Navajos, the holy people Spider Man and Spider Woman first brought the tools for weaving to the People. Over the centuries Navajo artists have used those tools to weave a web of beautyÑa rich tradition that continues to the present day. In testimony to this living art form, this book presents 74 dazzling color plates of Navajo rugs and wall hangings woven between 1971 and 1996. Drawn from a private southwestern collection, they represent the work of sixty of the finest native weavers in the American Southwest. The creations depicted here reflect a number of stylesÑrevival, sandpainting, pictorial, miniature, samplerÑand a number of major regional variations, from Ganado to Teec Nos Pos. Textile authority Ann Hedlund provides an introductory narrative about the development of Navajo textile collectingÑincluding the shift of attention from artifacts to artÑand a brief review of the history of Navajo weaving. She then comments on the shaping of the particular collection represented in the book, offering a rich source of knowledge and insight for other collectors. Explaining themes in Navajo weaving over the quarter-century represented by the Santa Fe Collection, Hedlund focuses on the development of modern rug designs and the influence on weavers of family, community, artistic identity, and the marketplace. She also introduces each section of plates with a description of the representative style, its significance, and the weavers who perpetuate and deviate from it. In addition to the textile plates, Hedlund's color photographs show the families, landscapes, livestock, hogans, and looms that surround today's Navajo weavers. Navajo Weaving in the Late Twentieth Century explores many of the important connections that exist today among weavers through their families and neighbors, and the significant role that collectors play in perpetuating this dynamic art form. For all who appreciate American Indian art and culture, this book provides invaluable guidance to the fine points of collecting and a rich visual feast.

Author : Marian E. Rodee
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826305671
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Old Navajo Rugs written by Marian E. Rodee and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes Navajo patterns, styles, and weaving materials as an aid to identification, and recounts how Navajo weavers have adapted to the times

Author : Nancy J. Blomberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Navajo Textiles written by Nancy J. Blomberg and published by . This book was released on 1988-07 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Randolph Hearst's collection of Navajo textiles is one of the most complete gatherings of nineteenth-century Navajo weaving in the world. Comprising dozens of Classic Period serapes, chief blankets, Germantown eyedazzlers, and turn-of-the-century rugs, the 185-piece collection was donated to the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History in 1942 but for the next forty years was known only to a handful of scholars. Hearst began acquiring textiles from the Fred Harvey Company after viewing an exhibit of Indian artifacts. Over four decades he amassed a collection spanning more than a century of Navajo weaving and including nearly every major type produced from 1800 to 1920. Hearst's passion for American Indian artifacts was so strong that he had originally visualized his now-famous castle in San Simeon as a showplace for his Navajo textile collection. At a time when the Harvey Company was itself influencing the development of Indian handcrafts by opening up the tourist market, Hearst contributed to this influence by expressing his own artistic preference for rare and unusual pieces. This catalogue raisonné, featuring nearly 200 illustrations, provides the general public with the first look at this important collection. Nancy Blomberg's narrative introduces the reader to the history of Navajo weaving and documents Hearst's role in its development. The heart of the book provides a detailed analysis of each textile: fibers, yarn types, dyes, and designs. Navajo Textiles thus constitutes an invaluable reference for scholars and collectors and will be enjoyed by anyone who appreciates these beautiful creations from the Navajo loom.

Author : Mark [VNV] Winter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780982509463
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The master weavers : celebrating one hundred years of Navajo textile artists from the Toadlena/Two Grey Hills weaving region written by Mark [VNV] Winter and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Laurie D. Webster
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1607326736
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Navajo Textiles written by Laurie D. Webster and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Navajo Textiles provides a nuanced account the Navajo weavings in the Crane Collection at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science—one of the largest collections of Navajo textiles in the world. Bringing together the work of anthropologists and indigenous artists, the book explores the Navajo rug trade in the mid-nineteenth century and changes in the Navajo textile market while highlighting the museum’s important, though still relatively unknown, collection of Navajo textiles. In this unique collaboration among anthropologists, museums, and Navajo weavers, the authors provide a narrative of the acquisition of the Crane Collection and a history of Navajo weaving. Personal reflections and insights from foremost Navajo weavers D. Y. Begay and Lynda Teller Pete are also featured, and more than one hundred stunning full-color photographs of the textiles in the collection are accompanied by technical information about the materials and techniques used in their creation. An introduction by Ann Lane Hedlund documents the growing collaboration between Navajo weavers and museums in Navajo textile research. The legacy of Navajo weaving is complex and intertwined with the history of the Diné themselves. Navajo Textiles makes the history and practice of Navajo weaving accessible to an audience of scholars and laypeople both within and outside the Diné community.

Author : Charles L. Blood
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780833559548
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Goat in the Rug written by Charles L. Blood and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geraldine, a goat, describes each step as she and her Navajo friend make a rug, from the hair clipping and carding to the dyeing and actual weaving.

Author : Kathleen Whitaker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780295982267
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Southwest Textiles written by Kathleen Whitaker and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the history and evolution of Navajo and Pueblo fabric arts, with 250-plus color illustrations of examples from the Southwest Museum's collection, 57 details of the works, and 49 historical photographs. Includes accounts of the early collectors and some of the colorful people who were involved in the founding of the museum and the shaping of its collection.

Author : Jerrie Oughton
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395779385
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How the Stars Fell Into the Sky written by Jerrie Oughton and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1992 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A retelling of the Navaho legend that explains the patterns of the stars in the sky.