Balkan North and South American Rugs

Navajo rug flat woven rug tapestry beige Measures: 4' x6' (3'11" x 5'7") 119cm x 170cm Circa 1920 "The woolen rug has a white background color on which are three stylized figures on each side of a center cornstalk. All are surrounded on three sides by a "guardian "figure - one side is the head and the body - the other side are the legs. The rug is a Navajo Yei rug. All the figures are holding prayer sticks; there are feathers attached to the elbows of the figures in a vertical line. The colors of the rug are white, red, maroon, blue, tan, brown, grey, orange, rust and gold. The most common type of Navajo Yei rug are those with a white background color. Navajo Yei rugs were made at Lukachukai or in the Shiprock area or even Ganado. It is a fact that a Navajo Yei rug with many Yei figures and many colors will garner the highest value. While Yei rugs are technically woven for the floor, they were often placed on couches, or hung on the wall like paintings, few actually touched the ground. The Yei figure is a frequently used pattern in Navajo rugs. Male Yei figures are generally pictured with round heads, and female Yei figures with square heads. Modern Yei rugs are more often pictorial compositions, showing a row of front-facing stylized stick figures with a Rainbow Guardian which protects the figures on three sides, indicating the sand painting roots of this particular style. The Yei rug portrays ceremonies on a desire for healing, not only physical health, but also mental, spiritual, and even material well-being. The "Holy People...

An antique Navajo rug from southwest America distinguished by an allover pattern of cruciform elements on a soft grey background. Rugs if this type have been collected for their auth...

Monumental 19th American hooked rug mounted as a wall hanging.

Vintage Navajo Rug 3'8 X 6'. Navajos are usually in scatter sizes and larger, room size pieces are both extremely rare and highly desirable . As perpetually fashionable as they are c...

This exceptional vintage Navajo rug, woven in the 1930s, is a rare and striking example of Ganado pictorial weaving. Handwoven by a Diné (Navajo) art...

Navajo rugs and blankets are textiles produced by Navajo people of the four corners area of the United States. Navajo textiles are highly rega...

This exceptional 19th-century Navajo (Diné) serape textile, dating to circa 1890, is a remarkable example of Transitional Period weaving—bridging traditional Native American artistry...

A stunning vintage Navajo rug with a pattern of diamonds reducing size and changing in color, and separated by zigzag or triangle patterns, all woven in...

This vintage Navajo rug, handwoven during the Trading Post Era of the 1920s–1930s, is a striking example of Diné (Navajo) textile artistry from the pan-reservation period. Crafted by...

This intriguing antique Navajo Kilim, circa 1950 was woven in the United States during the mid-20th century. The exciting and unique composition boasts a captivating geometric compos...

A high decorative one of a kind room size Persian Reproduction rug derived from an American Navajo rug with an all-over geometric large scale tribal ...

This a large, and therefore rare, antique Native American Navajo Geometric rug, circa 1920s-1930s in grey and ivory and measures 7.7 x 10.8 ft. From the inception of weaving by th...