Navajo Early Crystal Rug

ca. 1915 

84" L x 53" W

Tightly Hands Spun Wool Warp and Weft in Golden Yellow Tones and Dark Brown An Early Rug of Quality and Well Developed Hooking Border and Floating Clouds on Interior Field. The Late "Transitional Period" Orange/Red Dye was used Effectively in this Rug

Recently Professionally Cleaned

In Very Good Condition

Early Navajo Crystal rugs, influenced by trader J.B. Moore (1897-1911), are distinctive bordered geometric designs featuring hooks, frets, and whirling logs, often with aniline dyes (including bright reds/blues) and natural wool, reflecting Oriental rug styles, while later Crystals (post-1940s) shifted to borderless, banded, vegetal-dyed earthy patterns, though both styles originate from Crystal, NM.