Navajo Classic Child's Blanket185550 x 30 " (127 x 76.2 cm)Wool; Bayeta yarn and Churro yarnGift of Warner Communications Inc. in honor of Ralph Lauren1988.21.2015225382Artist unidentifiedTextilesThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain. NavajoUnited StatesTreasures of Folk Art: Museum of American Folk ArtTextilesAdam ReichThe most interesting design element of a classic child’s blanket is the center pattern, which runs along the spine when the blanket is worn traditional style. The red in this blanket is ravelled bayeta, dyed with a combination of lac and cochineal; the pink is the same bayeta recarded and respun with undyed white churro yarn. Elizabeth V. Warren and Stacy C. Hollander, "Navajo Classic Child’s Blanket," Expressions of a New Spirit: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of the Museum of American Folk Art (New York: American Folk Art Museum, 1989), 162TextilesObject information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information. To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org18551855 1988 21 2 The most interesting design element of a classic child’s blanket is the center pattern, which runs along the spine when the blanket is worn traditional style. The red in this blanket is ravelled bayeta, dyed with a combination of lac and cochineal; the pink is the same bayeta recarded and respun with undyed white churro yarn. Elizabeth V. Warren and Stacy C. Hollander, "Navajo Classic Child’s Blanket," Expressions of a New Spirit: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of the Museum of American Folk Art (New York: American Folk Art Museum, 1989), 162TextilesObject information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information. To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org