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Germantown Gallop throw or pillow top
Germantown Gallop throw or pillow top
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
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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