Transitional Rio Grande Pictorial Fringed Blanket

woven in handspun wool, in a variety of natural and aniline colors, against a deep shaded reddish-pink ground, with a Vallero star design in the center field, with pairs of conjoined elements resembling American flags above and below, the flags repeated in alternating sizes and colors at each side, smaller scale star medallions in the corners, chains of hourglass designs in the open field; warp extending to form fringe at each end.

Sold Sotheby's New York, December 1998, lot 117