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think every Navajo quilter has to do a Chief's blanket series.
The original handwoven wool blankets were worn as shawls by
men, women and children. Design elements progressed in the 1840's
from horizontal lines of black, indigo blue and white called
Phase I to adding horizontal bars of coveted red wool in the
1850's called Phase II. Phase III blankets, in the 1860's featured
red diamond and other diagonal design elements. ©
Margaret Wood 1989 |
