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Object Number
995-29-10/73885
Display Title
Germantown Gallop throw or pillow top
Descriptions
Object Description
Germantown Gallop throw or pillow top. Square with a central serrated red hourglass figure containing six short bars in dark gray and white "salt & pepper" wool, on a serrated white hourglass figure, with green half diamonds filling field at each side and a red stripe above and below white hourglass. Outer border: a gray band on all four edges. Warp: white cotton, plied; wefts: red, green, white, gray Germantown commercially processed multi-plied wool. Selvages: weft wrapped around outer warp at sides; 4-ply red yarn added one end, 4-ply green and 4-ply beige yarn added at other end. Warp direction 52 plus 3cm fringe one end x weft direction 51.5 x depth .2 cm, plus 7-8 cm tassels on two corners. Paper tag, written in pencil: "Germantown warp fringe at one end (some [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Rug, woven wool, small, green, red, white and gray geo. design, 1 side fringed
Classification
- Rug
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1890-1899
Culture
- Navajo
- Early Rug Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
North America / United States / New Mexico
North America / United States / New Mexico
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 55 x 51.5 x 0.2 cm (21 5/8 x 20 1/4 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73885
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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Belt
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