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Navajo Banded Chinle Trading Post c. 1970's

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 450.00 USD
Navajo Banded Chinle Trading Post c. 1970's
Featured in this lot is this Navajo banded Chinle Trading Post circa 1970's. The rug features a wonderfully and professionally crafted wool construction that shows bands with geometric patterns that shows coloration of off white, gold, and light brown with tassels on all four corners of the rug. This regional Navajo Rug style is named for the town of Chinle at the mouth of Canyon de Chelly. The Chinle style was developed by Mary Cabot Wheelwright and Cozy McSparron, a trader at Chinle. They sought to revive weaving using classic period designs with vegetal dyes. The Chinle characteristics are horizontal bands containing Chevrons, Chinle Stars, Squash Blossoms and Diamonds in muted colors of gold, green, tan, ivory and pink. The condition of this Navajo rug is fair with some fraying to the tassels and shows wear to the weave of the rug but otherwise shows fair overall condition. The measurements of this rug is 36 1/2" x 26". The thread count of this 77 threads per square inch.