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Summary

Navajo Germantown Eye Dazzler Rug: Rectangular woven rug; red, grey, and black integrated diamond design on a natural colored field with black border; small black knotted tassel on each corner.

Colorful wool yarn was manufactured at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germantown,_Philadelphia" class="extiw" title="w:Germantown, Philadelphia">Germantown, Philadelphia</a> textile mills. It was very tightly spun three ply (very rare 1865-1875) or four ply (1875-1895) yarn, available in a variety of bright colors produced from commercial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aniline" class="extiw" title="w:Aniline">aniline dyes</a>. Germantown yarn was imported by the Santa Fe Railroad during a brief period at the end of the 19th century and sold to Navajo traders.

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15:55, 9 January 2017No thumbnail (0 bytes)127.0.0.1 (talk)<span class="description"> <p>Navajo Germantown Eye Dazzler Rug: Rectangular woven rug; red, grey, and black integrated diamond design on a natural colored field with black border; small black knotted tassel on each corner. </p> Colorful wool yarn was manufactured at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germantown,_Philadelphia" class="extiw" title="w:Germantown, Philadelphia">Germantown, Philadelphia</a> textile mills. It was very tightly spun three ply (very rare 1865-1875) or four ply (1875-1895) yarn, available in a variety of bright colors produced from commercial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aniline" class="extiw" title="w:Aniline">aniline dyes</a>. Germantown yarn was imported by the Santa Fe Railroad during a brief period at the end of the 19th century and sold to Navajo traders.</span>
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