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Eye dazzler rug
Date:	Circa 1890-1910

“You usually reserve the middle for something that’s personal. Your best design goes in the middle.” —Lynda Pete, sister of Barbara Ornelas

“I don’t understand why the weaver put that stepped design in the center. I’ve never seen a rug with a pattern like this. Some patterns are real soft and small, and then there’s this big bold design right in the middle.” —Barbara Ornelas

“The diamonds are offset—it starts with three triangles on the bottom and ends up with four on top. And then the middle design’s points fits into each pocket, or valley.” —Michael Ornelas

“The weaver made the bottom and top stripes different sizes. She had to compensate for what she was doing. The pattern creates two layers and a sense of depth—bold to something so tiny.” —Sierra Ornelas

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Tapestry weave, dovetailed and diagonal joins

1.215 x 1.8 m; Fringe 00.060 m
70.866 x 47.835 in.; Fringe 2.362 in.

Catalog No. E-3580

Gift of the Estates of Mary Kidder and Charles Rak, Douglas, AZ, 1958.

Function	Fiber	Type	Ply-Spin-Twist			Color	Dye	Count *
Warp	Wool	Handspun	--	z	--	Dk Brown	None	6
Weft	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	Red	Synthetic	51
Weft	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	White	None	51
Weft	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	Black	Synthetic	51
Weft	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	Forest & Turq Green	Synthetic	51
Weft	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	Yel Grn Faded To Khaki	Synthetic	51
Weft	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	Pink	Synthetic	51
Weft	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	Gold	Synthetic	51
Weft	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	Blue/Dk Purple	Synthetic	51
Ecord	Wool	Germantown	3(2	s	S)Z	Red	Synthetic	2
Other	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	Same As Weft	Synthetic	--
* threads/inch