ca1930s Churro HUBBELL REVIVAL SERAPE NAVAJO rug blanket Indian 73x49 Ranchfolks

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ca1930s Churro HUBBELL REVIVAL SERAPE NAVAJO rug blanket Indian 73x49 Ranchfolks:
$495.00

Offered here is a circa 1930 striking red Navaho weaving that measures6 feet 1 inch long by 4 foot 1inch wide or 73” x 49”. This textile isattributed to the Hubbell Trading Post weaving area and is in good condition,with issues as noted below and/or in photos above. It was hand-woven by an expert weaver on aprimitive upright loom of all Native hand shorn, hand carded and tightlyhandspun long staple Churro and Churro cross sheep wool, both weft &warp. This is a bold old 3 panel revivalserape with 3 stepped diamond and half diamonds on the strong red field centralpanel. The red end panels have largeblack stepped meanders. Floating spruce tree motifs fill in the voids aroundthe weaving. Two very bold black wavemotifs separate the red panels. Free postage & insurance to you areincluded with this sale.

Shown above for comparison only, is a copy of aphoto of a painting hanging on the Hubbell Trading Post rug room wall that thisweaving was surely woven from. LorenzoHubbell opened his trading post in 1876 in Ganado, Arizona. He was a man who respected traditional Navajoculture and hence urged the weaving of Navajo blanket patterns. These textiles today are called “HubbellRevival blankets”. Hubbell had smallpaintings made of older weavings he admired in collections throughout the U.S. The painter, E.A. Burbank, who spentmany summers in the Southwest, agreed to paint good blankets that he found in otherparts of the country. These paintingswere hung in the post for weavers to copy.The paintings still hang in the rug room at the post today. (SeeWeaving of the Southwest by Marian Rodee)

We obtained this vintage Native American textile ona rug hunt in Santa Fe, NM just to offer you here on . It has a tight, even weft count averaging 24per inch and a warp count of 8 per inch.The selvage cords are all in original excellent condition. Warp selvages are 2-spiral cords and weftselvages are 2-spiral cords. The cornersare all four tight, original and in excellent condition. The tassels are: 2 original and excellent condition, 1 verygood and 1 good+. It has not beencleaned, is fairly clean now & comes from a non-smoking home. There is a streak of fading on one siderunning about ½ the length of the blanket and just a little fade on the otherside at one corner. There are a numberof tiny old scattered moth bites or grazing and two 1½” size moth holes. (Please see photos) this piece couldcertainly be restored both color and moth bites. Both sides are shown in photos above but notethe red didn’t come out right in the photos…there is no orange tint at all inperson. Colors are great in this pieceof old American Indian art and they are:hand carded & blended natural black, white and a strong Ganadored. Complete with lazy lines, thisexample of classic old Native Americana is ready to head your way. (2478WAKE)

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