Vintage Navajo Germantown Throw Blanket - Collectible Textile

This vintage Navajo “Germantown” throw blanket is offered as a collectible textile for display or careful use. Condition is very good overall for its age, with slight bleeding of the green dye and one small hole (see pictures). Free shipping is included with purchase. Check the listing for details on dimensions, materials, and any additional notes shown in the photos.

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Offered ByBUENA VISTA TRADING POSTVintage Navajo "Germantown" Throw21" wide x 38" tallc. Late 19th to Turn-of-the-CenturyIn the early reservation period (1868-1900) the Navajo were able to supplement their hand spun wool yarns with various trade yarns such as those made in Germantown, PA. The yarn was shipped via rail to the trading posts in Arizona and New Mexico and then traded or sold to the weavers on the reservation. Germantown Yarns were used as the weft of the blanket with the earlier Germantown trade yarns (1870-1874) being 3-ply, and the later yarns (1875-1910) were 4-ply yarns. In rare cases, the plies were taken apart and the very fine yarn was used. Of fine quality and with bright color, the Germantown yarns yielded some of the most skillful and dazzling blankets of the late 19th century. That most Germantown blankets (circa 1870-1910) were woven on a cotton warp foundation, the majority were lost to damage, and relatively few have survived. The combination of rarity, fine weave, and vivid design have made Navajo Germantown Blankets a highly sought-after item to the collectors market.------------------------------------------------------------------------Buena Vista Trading Post owner Rob Wood calls upon his family’s more than fifty years of experience as American Indian art dealers. Rob’s father, Len Wood, opened his first gallery in Laguna Beach, California in 1969. Len grew the business in Laguna, moving into a number of different buildings in town before settling in for decades neighboring the Laguna Beach Museum of Art. It was there where Rob and his brothers joined the family business. “Dad taught us so much,” Rob recalls. “Perhaps one of the greatest lessons is that which is made by hand tells the truth about the time, place and maker of the piece. When holding an artifact, we are holding a time capsule that will transport us back to a different time and place.”rehfa