Rug with elaborate interlocking Oriental motifs in red black cream gray and brown reciprocating T pattern in border

Rug (Early Crystal style)

Diné (Navajo) people, Southwestern Region , U. S. Southwest, Native American

About 1900-1920

  • Titles Rug (Early Crystal style) (Descriptive)
  • Medium wool with aniline and vegetal dyes
  • Dimensions 83 x 53 in. (210.8 x 134.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Bequest of Coleman Cooper, Palm Beach, Florida, 1986.847
  • Work Type rug
  • Classification Rugs

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Made with the end cut down all around as though a handle had been attached