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Single Sunday Saddle Blanket! Navajo Blanket. Circa 1950s to 1960s. Small but Sweet! #NavajoSaddleBlanket #GrandIllusionRanch #NavajoTextile #BlanketCollector #RugCollector #FinestKind #NavajoMade #SingleSaddle #SundaySaddleBlanket https://www.instagram.com/p/CN898PRBnb5/?igshid=1sipotndf99kq

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Moki Navajo Chiefs blanket with Spider Women Crosses. Fairly modern textile, probably around 1950 or so, as colors are consistent and no sign of lazy lines! Size 48” by 68”. #Bright blues and reds appear to be commercial dyes. Beautiful more modern Navajo textile that I am sure the weaver was very proud of! #NavajoRug #GrandIllusionRanch #NavajoBlanket #Moki #SpiderWomanCrosses #NavajoWeaving #Navajo #FinestKind #RugCollector #BlanketCollector #ChiefsBlanket #ChiefsRug #NavajoLife #NavajoLifestyle https://www.instagram.com/p/CKC4hVWhGjU/?igshid=c7m9y788v3p3

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6 Color, 3rd Phase Navajo Chiefs Blanket. Beautiful Colors, Beautiful Design! 1890 - 1910 , 60” by 66”. Very well made! Weaver must have been proud of this one! #NavajoBlanket #GrandIllusionRanch #NavajoTextile #NavajoRug #3rdPhaseBlanket #NavajoChiefsBlanket #FinestKind #NavajoCraft #RugCollector #BlanketCollector https://www.instagram.com/p/CIdonZjhEPM/?igshid=z1dbhx3lfpdi

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Navajo Blanket, These 8 little lines appear no where else on this Chiefs Blanket. Not a mistake, to insure it is not too perfect, nor I believe a spirit line, which usually leads the the edge of the textile. In this case I think these lines meant something special to the weaver, like 8 members of her family, or 8 years since a major tribal matter or 8 grandchildren? Something personal she dedicated the blanket to! Just surmise, but it is my guess! 3rd Phase Chiefs Blanket from about 1890 approx. 5 ‘ by 6’. Nice old piece which has seen actual use as a wearing blanket! #NavajoBlanket #GrandIllusionRanch #NavajoRug #NavajoTextile #NavajoMade #RugCollector #BlanketCollector #SpiritLine #NavajoSpirit #FinestKind #NativeMade #GreatPiece https://www.instagram.com/p/CIJOb3yB0mJ/?igshid=8vdpxc0b3ur8

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Navajo 3rd Phase Chiefs Blanket. Large Size 71” by 76”. Lots of Indigo on this one. From a California Estate with an appraisal of $24,000! Lots of color variations and lazy lines prove this one to be about 1890 or so. Big Blanket, Big Presence! Had it for a few years now and it is one of our favorites! #NavajoBlanket #GrandIlusionRanch #NavajoTextile #Indigo #NavajoRug #RugCollector #BlanketCollector #NavajoMade #3rdPhaseRug #ChiefsBlanket #WearingBlanket #ChiefsRug #FinestKind https://www.instagram.com/p/CH_etIKhOzh/?igshid=opx98ybl8qcu

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This one has an interesting history! Originally bought on a cattle buying trip to Arizona in 1908, it lay on the floor of the ranch forman’s office in California for seventy years. When I bought it in 2013 it still had the damage where one of the legs of the Forman’s chair had rubbed for all those years. You can see the repair on the bottom just right of center edge! The figures are not swastikas but good luck symbols used by the Navajos for hundreds of years before Germany made them infamous. Size 48” by 69” #NavajoRugs #GrandIllusionRanch #NavajoTextiles #AmericanIndianMade #RugCollector #TheRealDeal #FinestKind #navajochiefsblanket #NavahoRug #NavajoBlanket #BlanketCollector #OneOfAKind https://www.instagram.com/p/CHszcPCBEb1/?igshid=kvq7jh5tiu37

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First in what may become a series of Navajo Rug Studies. This is an approximately 1900 Crystal rug or blanket, inspired by J. B. Moore trading post in Crystal, New Mexico. The figures are not swastikas but good luck symbols that precede the German one by 1000 years! This rug is a large one nearly 4‘ by 8’ ! #NavajoRug #GrandIllusionRanch #CrystalTradingPost #J.B.Moore #NavajoBlanket #RugCollector #NavajoMade #AntiqueRugs #FinestKind #NativeCrafted #BlanketCollector #TextileCollector #SouthWestDecor https://www.instagram.com/p/CG2X3XaBxQM/?igshid=4etcwtt4ym0k