Chinle Trading Post Rug, circa 1935 21091 circa 1950

circa 1950

Two abstracted figures of a man and a woman

blue and yellow

fish on a platter

an elderly man ("Grand Father") playing with a cat

Chinle Trading Post Rug, circa 1935 21091 circa 1950Vintage circa 1930 Din Navajo Trading Post Rug from Chinle, Arizona. Woven of native handspun wool in natural fleece colors of ivory (white) and brown with aniline dyed blue, red and yellow (now reads more like a camel color). The design is a banded Chinle pattern alternating with rows of diamonds in box motifs. This southwestern textile is well suited for use on the floor as an area rug, as a wall hanging (vertical or horizontal format), or as a