J. Capps & Sons (Jacksonville, Ill., circa 1852–1977), Crow-pattern blanket, circa 1911, wool with cotton warp, 68 inches x 50 inches. (photo courtesy of Maryhill Museum of Art) ...

GREENWICH — By the time she was 22, Margaret Cranford had seen the grand capitals of Europe, the antiquities of Greece and the exotic delights of Egypt.

Earlier this month, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation announces that it has received a rare and treasured example of a Navajo First Phase Chief’s Blanket from the late classic period (1865-1870).