DepartmentTextiles-Hispano US

Rio Grande Blanket

NameBlanket

Artist Artist unrecorded

Place madeUnited States, North America

MediumWool, mohair

Dimensions60 1/4 × 40 9/16 in. (153 × 103 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Elmer Shupe, A.1965.57.1

Object numberA.1965.57.1

DescriptionHandspun warps, dark natural, all wefts mohair, silky, spun out without any ply or twist. Woven in 2 widths, using European (found in French and Swedish textiles) tapestry joins where color and pattern change, on reverse. Large geometric motifs in black, blue, and red.