But they are flat woven rugs with navajo style designs and the ends are hand serged.
Fake navajo rugs.
Fake rugs will have fewer weft inch.
Look at the horizontal weft threads.
There are 2 exceptions to the no fringe rugs.
These indian rugs southwest rugs and mexican zapotec rugs are made either in mexico by zapotec weavers or in india by tibetan nepalese weavers.
A weft around 50 inch is a high quality rug.
Fake navajo rugs are often encountered for sale at auction.
Therefore one foolproof way to determine a fake navajo rug is by examining the ends to see if the warps were tucked back in or if they are truly continuous.
Sometimes an auction company will purchase fake rugs and put them up for auction as authentic navajo rugs.
As an alternative to authentic navajo weavings we offer navajo rug replicas.
We recognize although some buyers appreciate the navajo style and design they choose to decorate attractively but more affordable.
These are navajo rugs known as germantown rugs which may.
Or maybe it is careless attribution.
Most genuine rugs have about 30 wefts to the linear inch.
Make offer vintage antique navajo blanket rug 33 x 62 psbl ganado red mesa basic storm pat shevenah combs tree of life pictorial navajo handwoven 11 1 2 x 23 255 00.
If they are tucked in then every other warp area will have two threads.
Be wary of navajo rugs priced at 200 or less as this can be a clear indicator of a fake.
Of course in some cases it is dishonesty.
Perhaps it is because of the auctioneer s lack of knowledge.