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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 9773356, member: 45&quot;]The first thing I feel the need to mention, is definitely don&#039;t attempt any &quot;light, gentle at-home cleaning&quot;! </p><p><br /></p><p>Since you don&#039;t intend to sell it, any attempt to do anything to it, will only create further damage, which is usually irreparable.&nbsp; It requires an expert in cleaning and repairing Navajo rugs to determine what needs to be done.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would suspect that the major &quot;issues&quot; with this are due to age, wear, and display methods used by former owners,&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; which could have caused it to stretch the yarn, causing the blanket to not be square, and for the bottom triangle to be curved slightly.&nbsp; The damage on the edges are further evidence of that.&nbsp; The bleeding of the red found in several areas is due to contact with dampness, maybe an earlier attempt to &quot;clean&quot; areas.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the brown and cream alternating bars, Bonhams Boston auction on January 15, 2011 featured one, as did Second Phase Chiefs blankets, so I would suspect you are correct in assuming this is an early example of a Third Phase, before weavers began experimenting with adding more red.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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