Navajo Germantown Saddle Blanket c.1890 — Spider Woman Crosses, Greek Key View Watchlist >
- Winning Bid: $291.00
- 54 Bid(s) View Bid History
- High Bidder: Cherryberrybell
Seller Accepts Credit Cards
Payment and pickup instructions will be available on your invoice (under "My Account") at the conclusion of this auction.
Lot # C462
System ID # 27123663
Start Date
End Date
8 Watching
Navajo Germantown Saddle Blanket c.1890 — Spider Woman Crosses, Greek Key
A Navajo Germantown saddle blanket from the late transitional period, circa 1890–1910, attributed by Navajo textile consultant Kary Dunham. Woven in commercially-spun aniline-dyed Germantown wool, the piece displays two repeating Spider Woman cross medallions on a heathered grey field. Each cross is rendered in red with teal and cream layering, surrounded by scrolling hooked geometric extensions and flanked by corner elements in purple-grey with red accent squares. A gold-tan inner border transitions to a Greek key outer band in salt-and-pepper tweed with black and terracotta accents. Both ends terminate in dense black fringe with knotted tassels; the long sides carry a wrapped orange selvedge cord.
CONDITION
Fair. The design reads clearly and the weave body remains structurally intact. Staining and discoloration are present throughout the field, the black fringe shows wear and uneven loss, and evidence of old repairs is visible on close inspection.
DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS
- Size: 56" × 25"
- Warp count: 25 per inch
- Weft count: 10 per inch
- Construction: Flat weave, tapestry-woven
- Yarn: Commercially-spun aniline-dyed Germantown wool
- Field color: Heathered grey
- Primary motif: Spider Woman crosses (red, teal, cream)
- Border: Greek key, salt-and-pepper ground
- Selvedge: Wrapped orange cord
- Fringe: Black knotted tassels, both ends
- Era: circa 1890–1910
- Attribution: Kary Dunham, Navajo Textile Consultant
