DepartmentTextiles-United States & Canada

Rio Grande Blanket

NameBlanket

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Place madeUnited States, North America

MediumWool

Dimensions80 5/16 × 50 in. (204 × 127 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, bequest of Charles D. Carroll, A.1971.31.197

Object numberA.1971.31.197

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionWoven in two widths. Handspun, two-ply warps, brown and white, pairs at selvedges. Wefts, white, natural brown and indigo, handspun, one-ply. White field, central brown band. Small dashed over field of indigo and cochineal.

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