About This Artwork

Navajo
Ganado area, Arizona, United States

Blanket or Rug, c. 1900

Wool, dovetailed tapestry weave; twined edges and ends
308 x 157.5 cm (121 1/4 x 62 in.)
Warp repeat: 47-48.4 cm (18 1/2-19 in.)
Weft: point repeat
Gift of Joseph W. Fell, 1999.581

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, American Arts, Department, Gallery 272, "Window on the West," June 10–October 16, 2003

Publication History

Judith A. Barter. Window on the West: Chicago and the Art of the New Frontier 1890–1940 (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago; New York and Manchester, Vt.: Hudson Hills Press, 2003), p. 135, fig. 41.