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Navaho Rugs: Evolution of the Ganado Style 1890‐1920
Author(s) -
Boles Joann,
Dickey Lois E.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
home economics research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 0046-7774
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x8201100114
Subject(s) - style (visual arts) , subject (documents) , painting , genealogy , geography , visual arts , history , archaeology , art history , art , library science , computer science
Evolution of Ganado‐style Navaho rugs was studied. Correspondence from “the greatest of all Indian traders,” J. L. Hubbell, was reviewed. Paintings of rugs (rug studies) were photographed, rugs were inspected, and documents duplicated to allow handling and ordering by subject and within subject chronologically. The analysis of data was handled in a descriptive manner. Findings related to rug studies were in the area of color combination, motifs, borders, and formats. Findings related to examination of docu ments were in the areas of colors, designs, fibers, construction, use of the rugs, and the rug business. J. L. Hubbell, the trader at the post, worked as the connecting link between weavers and buyers in areas of color combinations, borders, and format, and in the rug business.