Description:
This woven white wool saddle blanket features naturally dyed brown wool diagonal diamonds, as well as aniline dyed orange wool ("trading post orange") diagonal diamonds on both sides. The wool edge of the blanket is dyed aniline red dye. Aniline dyes, producing vibrant colors that did not easily fade, became popular in the late 1880s, when the detailed "Germantown Eyedazzler" weaving pattern (consisting of fine diamonds and zigzags, rather than geometrics or horizontal bands) also originated. The saddle blanket exhibits both of these characteristics, although it is not very intricate compared to other, later Germantown Eyedazzler designs. Orange was a popular color of aniline dye during the 1930s at various Navajo trading posts, though the color was also used before then. AP2018
Subjects:
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