A Late Classic Third Phase Chief’s Blanket, Woman’s Style, Navajo, circa 1870, also known as the Durango Third Phase, Woman’s Style.

The third phase measures 48 inches long by 58 inches wide, as woven.

Ex- Mark Winter / the Durango Collection, Pagosa Springs, Colorado.
Ex- Eliza and Joshua Baer, Santa Fe, from Mark Winter, 1988.
Ex- private collection, Atherton, California, from Joshua Baer & Company, 2001.

The Durango Third Phase, Woman’s Style is in superb, original condition with no restorations. Less than 1% of the classic and late classic chief’s blankets in museum and private collections are in comparable condition. The Durango Third Phase, Woman’s Style, qualifies as a condition rarity.

On August 31, 2020, the Durango Third Phase was sold as Lot #99 by Bonhams, Los Angeles, for $43,825.

80% of the orange yarns are raveled American Flannel piece-dyed with synthetic dyes. 20% of the orange yarns are four-ply machine spun knitting yarns dyed with synthetic dyes.

The blue yarns are handspun Merino fleece dyed in the yarn with indigo. 50% of the blue yarns are a medium blue. The other 50% are a green / blue flecked with yellow. The contrast between the colors of the two blue handspun yarns is visible in the photograph.

The grey yarns are un-dyed white and un-dyed brown Marino fleece carded together to create grey handspun yarns.

The brown yarns are un-dyed handspun yarns.