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| Rose Myer Miniature Rug $75.00 | 4 |
Navajo Indian rug in miniature by Rose Myer of Lower Greasewood. Rose is well known for her framed charts showing the plants used to make dyes. Included in each one is a tiny weaving on a loom. so it was natural for Rose to make miniature tapestries for us.
The soft rose color is actually dyed with cochineal, the black is from pinon pitch, sumac and ochre.... Click for details
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| 3 | Miniature Navajo Indian Rug $75.00 |
Navajo Indian rug in miniature by Rose Myer of Lower Greasewood. Rose is well known for her framed charts showing the plants used to make dyes. Included in each one is a tiny weaving on a loom. so it was natural for Rose to make miniature tapestries for us.Natural soft brown native wool is the background for a deep brown dyed with wild walnut shells and a light green from yellow sweet clover.... Click for details
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| Navajo Indian Framed Rug Sampler $80.00 | 4 |
The Navajo Indian weavers were encouraged to experiment with native plants and to document the recipes during the 1930s and 40s by Sally and Bill Lippincott at the Chinle Trading Post. One of the Navajo ladies was Mabel Burnside Myers, daughter of famed silversmith John Burnside. As a way to preserve the samples of plant colors, she created a dye chart with plant dyed wool connecting the plants to a small weaving loom and rug sample, under framed glass. ... Click for details
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| 3 | Navajo Indian Pictorial Train Rug $2600.00 |
Unusual pictorial rug with trains on a Chief Style Blanket. Woven by Navajo Indian Betty Joe, this fun textile took an Honorable Mention at the 1990 Museum of Northern Arizona Navajo Arts Show.Deep red and blue against a crisp white make up the body with two locomotives steaming away and a whole train going across the center. Dimensions are 3... Click for details
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