Indian
Rugs Information
Navajo rugs, blankets and weavings
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A good quality Navajo rug is an heirloom investment,
and will increase in value. Taos Trading Post does not trade antique
Navajo weavings or museum quality Navajo tapestries of 80 or more
wefts per running inch; either commanding up to $10,000 or more.
Our strategy, is to cater to the average buyer; we specialize in
the acquisition and sale of contemporary authentic high quality
good to fine Navajo rugs or weavings. We include our pledge, a Navajo
Native American Indian Certificate of Authenticity, with every Navajo
rug we sell.
Our Navajo rugs, blankets and weaving selections are frequently
updated, so if you visit our website and some of our rugs are sold,
or you don't see precisely the rug you are looking for, revisit
us in a week. We are continually acquiring fresh and exceptional
Navajo weavings. We regularly visit the Navajo reservation; and
to ensure our quality remains superior, personally evaluate the
Navajo rugs, blankets and weavings, we duly select.
We refer to the contemporary Navajo weavings we market as Navajo
rugs, weavings and Navajo blankets; some people also describe Navajo
weavings as wall hangings, or saddle blankets. We understand that
to be precise, contemporary Navajo weavings are not blankets, since
weaving of Navajo blankets was progressively replaced by the weaving
of rugs between 1890 and 1920. Given that some buyers use the term
Navajo blankets while shopping for contemporary Navajo weavings,
we will continue to embrace this term.
Experts assert prices for good quality Navajo weavings increased
700% from the mid 1960's to mid 1980's, and over the past 20 years,
is increasing by 10 to 20% per year. Navajo rugs, blankets and weavings
have been in existence for approximately 300 years. Unquestionable,
Navajo weaving will undergo further change, and one possibility
is a decline. The more optimistic view is that this Navajo art is
on the threshold of widespread public acceptance for what it is,
an art form. Today, Navajo rug production is high, the quality is
excellent and rug prices continue to climb. It is our hope this
pattern continues, and Americanization will not someday be the demise
of Navajo weaving. In either event, buying a Navajo rug is a good
investment.
As an alternative to authentic Navajo weavings, we also offer Navajo
rug replicas made either in Mexico by Zapotec weavers, or in India
by Tibetan-Nepalese weavers. We recognize although some buyers appreciate
the Navajo style and design, the cost is prohibitive. They choose
to decorate attractively but more affordably. Understanding this
market, our trips to Mexico, provide the ideal occasion to look
in on local market places, trading the traditional southwest and
Navajo design rug art of the Zapotec weavers from surrounding villages.
These Indian, southwest and Mexican Zapotec rugs are not a threat
to the unique consummate Navajo rug, but an alternative; and upon
close at hand examination, are easily differentiated from authentic
Navajo rugs, weavings and Navajo blankets. These replicas contain
the classic colors and do; moreover, introduce the Southwest Indian
atmosphere to your home, but at a fraction of the cost.
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