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Germantown Gallop throw or rug, red stacked triangles, purple field
Germantown Gallop throw or rug, red stacked triangles, purple field
Object Number 995-29-10/73884
Display Title Germantown Gallop throw or rug, red stacked triangles, purple field
Descriptions
Object Description Germantown Gallop throw or rug. Purple field with central column of stacked connected red triangles with a center element of turquoise stacked triangles and four other turquoise triangles; white hourglass element in each corner. Border band of magenta at top and bottom, with looped fringe, of one white and one purple yarn, tied on at each end. Warp: white commercially processed Germantown yarn; wefts: white, purple, red, turquoise and magenta Germantown commercially processed and aniline dyed wool. Selvages: weft wrapped around outer warp at sides; 4-ply white commercial yarn added one end and 4-ply green commercial yarn added at other end, and looped fringe of purple and white yarn added at top and bottom. Warp direction 92.5 plus 5 cm fringe each end x weft directio[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description Rug, purple edges
Classification
  • Rug
Department Ethnographic
Date c.1900-1920
Culture
  • Early Rug Period
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
North America / United States / Arizona
Materials Wool
Dimensions Overall: 102.5 x 47.5 x 0.2 cm (40 3/8 x 18 11/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73884
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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