Featured in this lot is this Navajo Chinle Trading Post rug circa 1940's. The rug features a wonderfully and professionally crafted wool construction, it is believed to be apart of a much larger rug and was stripped and made into its own rug. The rug features intertwining segments and decorum shown throughout the rug and shows a light brown or off white field with bands of red and dark brown. The rug shows some Lazy Lines in the weave 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 well preserved with some holes to the rug and sun fading to one side of the rug but otherwise shows well preserved condition. The measurements of this rug is 80 1/2" x 49". The thread count is 91 threads per square inch.

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