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Original vintage mid-century 1940s–1960s Navajo hand-woven wool Chinle regional rug runner, hand-crafted within the Navajo Nation. This exceptional piece was discovered alongside the previous smaller textile as part of an authentic historical time-capsule lot stemming from the liquidated back-stock inventory of a closed mid-century Route 66 western trading post. Carefully packed away flat in dry storage immediately upon leaving the upright loom, it survives in pristine, unused New Old Stock (NOS) deadstock condition.
The textile is masterfully hand-woven using a beautiful, highly desirable pastel regional palette featuring vegetal-dyed tones of soft denim blue, lavender-purple, and a sandy-tan accent strip, woven against natural un-dyed hand-spun sheep\'s wool colors of carded grey, deep charcoal brown-black, and a bright cream white ground field. The design features five repeating rows of geometric arrowhead and feather-flight flight bands floating between thick horizontal decorative bands. It exhibits all the premier structural markers of genuine hand-spun Southwestern indigenous weaving, featuring highly visible, authentic lazy lines running through the white fields and heavy, raw wrapped selvage side runner cords. Crucially, all four corners retain their original, perfectly tight and un-stretched hand-tied corner tassel ties intact, proving traditional vertical loom execution with absolutely no cut or knotted fringes.
• Sized beautifully as a large-format floor accent piece, bed-foot runner, or premium wall-hanging tapestry.
• Tracks completely flat, stiff, and square at exactly 58.5 inches in length by 29.5 inches in width.
• An elite, untouched historical time capsule for advanced Native American art galleries and Route 66 collectors.
Item Specifics & Manufacturing Identifiers:
• Native American Tribal Affiliation: Authentic Navajo / Diné Nation
• Production Era / Date Range: Vintage Mid-Century (Circa 1940s–1960s)
• Core Design Pattern Architecture: Chinle Regional Style / Floating Arrowhead Flight Layout
• Primary Material Composition: 100% Hand-Spun Natural & Vegetal-Dyed Sheep\'s Wool Yarn
• Traditional Palette Metrics: Pastel Denim Blue, Lavender Purple, Sandy Tan, Grey, Brown, Cream
• Traditional Weaving Identifiers: Visible Layered Lazy Lines & Heavy Selvage Cords
• Corner Finishing Configuration: Four Fully Intact Hand-Tied Corner Tassel Cords
• Textile Footprint Dimensions: 58.50\" Total Length x 29.50\" Total Width
• Provenance Background: Unsold Route 66 Roadside Trading Post Deadstock
• Condition Classification: Premium New Old Stock (NOS) / Deadstock Unused State
Condition Grading & Technical Textile Inspection Report:
This large-format vintage Navajo Chinle rug stands in immaculate, premium New Old Stock (NOS) collector condition. The main hand-spun wool body is exceptionally healthy, flat, and uniform throughout, remaining entirely free of the typical structural blowout holes, central dye bleeding, thread thinnings, storage stains, sun fading, or modern moth chew cavities. The vertical side margins and horizontal headers are tight, straight, and strong, showing absolutely zero edge separation, fraying, or un-weaving. The hand-tied corner tassels are completely intact and structurally sound, and the wool yarn maintains a beautifully clean, stiff texture with zero vintage storage odors.
Professional Shipping & Archival Textile Folded-Box Protection Material Packaging:
Due to the pristine condition grade, natural hand-spun wool composition, and historic collector value of this mid-century Navajo rug, it will be prepared for carrier transit with dedicated archival care. To absolutely guarantee that the tight edge cords do not fringe and the hand-tied corner tassels do not get caught or pulled under automated carrier sorting conveyor pressure, it will never be shipped loose or inside a basic soft envelope. The textile will be carefully layered flat with acid-free tissue paper to protect the wool fibers, folded gently to fit the optimized parcel footprint, and sealed completely inside a heavy-duty waterproof poly barrier bag to isolate it from exterior moisture. This secured package will be nested squarely in the center of a rigid corrugated cardboard shipping box packed out tightly to eliminate internal movement and protect against transit drops. Sent with full automated tracking and transit insurance protection.
