This superb and delightful, antique Navajo weaving depicts an early electric Frigidaire refrigerator, c.1925-35.  This dating of the weaving is based on weaving materials used and Frigidaire ads of the 1925-30 period depicting similar, but not identical, early electric refrigerator designs sold by Frigidaire [See photos].   [W93-18]

DIMENSIONS:  approximately 44.5 X 65.5”
Date: 1925-1935
CONDITION.  Tightly, finely woven.  NO restoration; NO FADE—both sides identical colors; NO dye bleed; NO moth damage; NO toxic moth treatments; NO odors of tobacco, chemicals, fragrance; NO mold.; NO stains  Rest easy when you buy original Native American art from us.  We are non-smokers; we do NOT use chemical moth repellants. Our house is MOLD-free, fragrance-free, chemical-free, Covid-free.

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MATERIALS.  Warps :  white commercial cotton string; 9 warps per inch.  Wefts:  4 ply commercial wool yarn in synthetic dyed white, black, red, gray; 36 wefts/inch.  Selvedges: 4 ply commercial wool yarn, synthetic red dye. Tassels: 4 ply commercial wool yarn, synthetic red dye.

This weaving contains materials that are notable: commercial cotton string warps & synthetically-dyed, commercially-spun wool yarns, instead of traditional Navajo sheep wool yarns. Starting in the late 1800s, some Reservation traders encouraged weavers to use cotton string instead of hand-spun wool warps, and encouraged use of commercial yarns. Traders did that to increase their personal profits: (1) making a profit on cotton string & commercial yarn sold to the weavers, and then, (2) selling the finished weaving for a big markup over the price paid to the weaver. Based on surviving weavings, by 1930, it appears that weavers had stopped using cotton string for warps. Some weavers continued using commercial, synthetically-dyed, 4-ply wool yarns for their warps as well as wefts. Older commercial wool yarns, like in this weaving, are frequently referred to as “Germantown” yarns, named after Germantown, PA, which was a major U.S. wool yarn spinning center from which Reservation traders often purchased commercial yarns to sell to Navajo weavers.

WRITTEN AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEE:  Navajo-woven pictorial weaving depicting an early electric Frigidaire refrigerator, c.1925-35; approximately 44 x 65”.  Warps: white commercial cotton string; 9 warps/inch.  Wefts: 4-ply commercial wool yarn in synthetic dyed white, black, red, gray; 36 wefts/inch.  Selvedge & tassels: 4-ply commercial wool yarn; synthetic red dye.

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