The main feature of this type is the central x or h pattern found in the center of the rug.
Storm pattern navajo rugs.
Moore s work at the crystal trading post.
Moore said this pattern is one of the really legendary designs embodying a portion of the navajo mythology.
The rug is plate xxiii and a reproduction of the color plate appears below.
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Storm pattern style navajo indian rugs.
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Captured in a catalog published between 1903 1911 no one knows how this legendary rug came to be because its style and imagery weren t found anywhere else in the history of the navajo.
The navajo storm pattern rug is one of the most popular navajo rug designs that in most ways resulted from j b.
Most evidence tells us that the storm pattern was actually born at or near crystal but j b.
Storm pattern navajo rugs.
There are many stories as to what this x or h means.
This includes handspun single ply commercial one ply and multi ply yarns.
This specific design can be traced directly back to j b.
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For the navajo this is captured in the beautiful and mysterious designs of the storm pattern weaving.
The rug itself can be made using any color combination and or any type of wool yarn.
The storm pattern s precise origin is uncertain one story suggests it was developed by a trader on the western side of the reservation but the weavers at crystal developed this concept into one of the most popular and lasting of all navajo rug patterns.
The illustration shows a storm pattern that is little different in design from contemporary examples.
Storm pattern navajo rugs have a recognizable pattern in which a central element is often connected to rectangular elements in each corner of the weaving.
Moore the trader at crystal trading post who produced a catalogue of navajo rugs to open the eastern market for navajo weaving in his attempt to reverse the decline in navajo weaving an attempt that ultimately.