Navajo Storm Pattern Rug
The navajo storm pattern rugs is the regional design traditionally woven in the cameron area on the western navajo reservation.
Navajo storm pattern rug. For the navajo this is captured in the beautiful and mysterious designs of the storm pattern weaving. The main feature of this type is the central x or h pattern found in the center of the rug. 1990 66 x 44 25. The rug itself can be made using any color combination and or any type of wool yarn.
Moore the trader at crystal trading post who produced a catalogue of navajo rugs to open the eastern market for navajo weaving in his attempt to reverse the decline in navajo weaving an attempt that ultimately. Storm pattern style navajo indian rugs. Captured in a catalog published between 1903 1911 no one knows how this legendary rug came to be because its style and imagery weren t found anywhere else in the history of the navajo. The navajo storm pattern rug is one of the most popular navajo rug designs that in most ways resulted from j b.
This specific design can be traced directly back to j b. This includes handspun single ply commercial one ply and multi ply yarns. The storm pattern s precise origin is uncertain one story suggests it was developed by a trader on the western side of the reservation but the weavers at crystal developed this concept into one of the most popular and lasting of all navajo rug patterns. 1960 90 5 x 64 5 2 800 00 navajo crystal storm pattern rug c.
There are many stories as to what this x or h means. Most evidence tells us that the storm pattern was actually born at or near crystal but j b. Storm pattern navajo rugs for sale at nizhoni ranch gallery new items added regularly visit steve getzwiller s nizhoni ranch gallery online store for the best selection of navajo rug weaving and blankets for sale as well as native american art of all kinds.