Southwestern Rugs

Traditional hand-worked Native American rugs are loomed by the Navajo as well as the Hopi and Zuni Native American Tribes.

They are usually hand-woven using techniques mastered centuries ago, often on a wooden loom. Many rug buyers enjoy collecting Native American rugs that have been crafted by famous rug artists, or by specific tribes.

Native American rugs can be hung as wall art or used on the floor, based on your taste or style. Since they’re handcrafted, they can run in the higher price ranges—but in that same respect, they also make great investments and heirlooms.

Contemporary Southwestern rugs use delightful Southwestern motifs, colors, designs, and symbols. These rugs are often crafted overseas.

They offer incredible versatility, a stunning range of traditional (and newer) color schemes, and they’re softer on the pocketbook.

You’ll find traditional block and line prints, mesas, helixes, and scores of other Indian designs, worked gracefully into rugs of wool, cotton, nylon, olefin, and polyester.

Try a layered "brick look" cream, rose, turquoise, and burnt sienna for the hall, or a round Navajo medallion for the entryway.

With names like Phoenix, Cheyenne, Navajo, El Paso, Taos, Westwind, and Pueblo, you’re sure to get a rich, earthen rug that celebrates the beauty of Native American themes.

Many contemporary Southwestern Rugs intermingle Western American motifs into the work, including Meso-American tribal themes, New Mexico, Arizona, and TexMex style icons, and slick contemporary colors like teal, terra cotta, and turquoise.

               

We have a separate page with complete information on Navajo Rugs, the most popular type of Southwestern rugs. You'll see many different Navajo rug designs as well as a dye chart that shows the natural sources for various colors.