Antique Navajo Saddle Blankets
Below is a small example of the blankets we have in stock.
For more information or to order any
Getzwiller Historic Textiles (GHT)
please call us at 520-455-5020 or email steve@navajorug.com.
Please click on the images for detail photos.
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Transitional Double Saddle Blanket
Double Saddle Blanket Pictorial
Transitional Double Saddle Blanket
Merino Wool with Green 4 Ply Germantown Yarn
With Red, Green, Brown Germantown Yarn
GNT 662
Double Saddle Blanket
32" x 58" (.81M x 1.47M)
Natural Wool and Vegetal Colors
Size is 36" x 60" (.92M x 1.52M) : Circa 1940s
Third Phase Style Transitional Double Saddle Blanket
Merino Wool, Indigo Green End Cords
Transitional Double Saddle Blanket
Probably from the Teec Nos Pos Area
Size is 33" x 50" (.83M x 1.27M) Circa 1900-1910
Woven from hand carded and spun Churro wool
with aniline dyed red, black, and Germantown green yarn,
in the proportions for a Navajo saddle.
Plate 13 from the catalog of Treasures of the Navajo Horseman Exhibition
Navajo hand spun and Germantown
GHT 733
Double Saddle Blanket
28" x 52" (.71M x 1.32M)
Teec Nos Pos Double Saddle Blanket
Double Saddle Blanket Design Elements are from the 1911 J.B. Moore catalog
*** MOVED TO GREENER PASTURES ***
Single Teec Nos Pos Saddle Blanket
Teec Nos Pos Single Saddle Blanket
Hand carded and spun wool with aniline dyed colors,
woven in the Teec Nos Pos style.
These types of blankets were also very popular
trade item with other Native People.
Treasures of the Navajo Horseman Exhibition
Teec Nos Pos Single Saddle Blanket
Green is a vegetal dye. Finely woven and in very good condition.
Size is 23" x 32" (.58M x .81M) Circa 1930s
Red Mesa/Teec Sunday Saddle Blanket
Diagonal Twill Navajo Single Saddle Blanket with Indigo
Woven from Merino Wool with Mohair tufts to one end. Indigo Blue and Green Yarns are plied
Transitional Single Saddle Blanket
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call 520-455-5020 or email steve@navajorug.com
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"Treasures of the Navajo Horsemen"
Historic Saddle Blankets from the Getzwiller Collection
There is an artistic quality and inherent freedom of expression reflected in many of these early saddle blankets.