WOVEN TOGETHER: ART AND DESIGN IN SOUTHWEST INDIAN TEXTILES Palm
Springs Art Museum Woven Together: Art and Design in Southwest
Indian Textiles examines one hundred years of artistic
developments in Southwest Native American weaving. Drawn from
the museum’s permanent collection, the exhibition presents
sixty-four Navajo and Pueblo blankets, rugs, and pictorial
weavings dating from the 1870s to 1970s. Examples from the late
19th-century Classic and Transitional Periods through the
Regional Rug Period of the first half of the 20th century are
featured with a selection of historic Germantown and banded
blankets from the Jan and Mark Hilbert Collection. The textiles
are accompanied by fine examples of basketry, pottery, jewelry,
and kachinas from the museum’s permanent collection. The art of
weaving in the southwestern United States emerged from a deep
tradition developed over a long period of time. By A.D.
700-1100, sophisticated fiber arts had become the hallmark of
ancient Pueblo cultures and coveted articles