Maxwell, Gilbert S.,

Navajo rugs : past, present & future / by Gilbert S. Maxwell, in collaboration with Eugene L. Conrotto - 72 pàgines, 10 pàgines de làmines no numerades : il·lustracions, retrats, mapes ; 22 cm

Inclou referències bibliogràfiques (pàgines 69-72)

Foreword -- List of illustration -- Introduction -- History -- How a rug is made -- Rug types and areas -- How to buy a rug -- After the rug is home -- How to collect Navajo weaving -- Fact and fancy -- The future -- Rug prices, 1963 -- Footnotes

This book concerns itself with the origin of the different types of Navajo rugs, with suggestions on how and where to buy, and with their care. New histotical notes were added to facts previously known. The history of the Navajo People has been sketchily depicted and then only as it concerns their weaving. Includes history of weaving, how a rug is made, rug types and areas, how to buy a rug, how to collect rugs, fact and fancy, the future, 20 color plates, 24 black and white photos, trading post map, bibliography, footnotes, and a rug price chart

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Catifes navaho--Història
Teixits i tèxtils amerindis--Nou Sud-Oest (Estats Units d'Amèrica).
Tissatge manual--Nou Sud-Oest (Estats Units d'Amèrica).


Nou Sud-Oest (Estats Units d'Amèrica)

E99.N3 / M45

746.72 / Max