Rio Grande Rug #10-JT09

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You can see the join between each panel in the photo below.

Woven in three parts and joined, this is a cleaver invention by the weaver, each panel is the same,

 and when joined, the design creates an endless repeat pattern, if you needed a large rug, just continue

 adding panels, this concept is not new in Spanish American weaving, it is seen in antique Jerga cloth,

If we fold panel 3 of our rug over to panel 1, the right edge of panel 3 lines up with the right edge of

panel 1, we can see the resemblance to an older but similar rug woven in 2 parts, featured on the

 cover of "Rio Grande Textiles" by Nora Fisher, and illustrated on page 95, plate 77. Likewise,

 if we take one panel of plate 77 and attach it to the other, you can see that the pattern aligns

to form an endless repeat design..

The weaver of our rug uses a technique called interlocking wefts to create a smooth transition

 between colors. This technique also produces a stronger textile. This is a rare weaving structure in

South West weaving, but does occur. See "Blanket Weaving in the Southwest" by Joe Ben Wheat,

p.123, fig.6-11. You can see the interlocking wefts on the back of our rug in the photo below.