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Chimayo style runner in grey with red and turquoise geometric motif
Chimayo style runner in grey with red and turquoise geometric motif
Object Number 995-29-10/74031
Display Title Chimayo style runner in grey with red and turquoise geometric motif
Descriptions
Object Description Chimayo style runner. Long, narrow weft-faced plain weave. Grey background with stripes on the ends and 2 mirror-image geometric motifs in red, turquoise, black and white. From Chimayo, New Mexico. Warp elements are of heathered pale blue wool, 2-ply z-spun s-twist, 4/cm. Weft is the same wool in heathered grey, white, turquoise, black, and red, and there are 10 rows of weft elements per cm. At each end of the textile is a pattern of stripes in all the colors. In the center, on either side of a double line of blue and white, is a symmetrical motif, basically diamond-formed, with jagged symmetrical edges. It is outlined in white, on a base of red. Inside the red is a pattern in blue and black. 100 cm long ( 107 with fringe), 51 cm wide, .2 cm deep. Identification done in consultation with Suzanne Baizerman.
Inventory Description Rug, woven wool, multi banded and geo motif, string fringe
Classification
  • Rug
Department Ethnographic
Date c.1970-1990
Culture
  • Modern
  • Rio Grande Hispanic
  • Chimayo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico / Rio Arriba County / Chimayo
Materials Wool
Dimensions Overall: 107.5 x 50.4 x 0.3 cm (42 5/16 x 19 13/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/74031
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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