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RARE Navajo Ganado Hubbell Trading Post Rug c.1890

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RARE Navajo Ganado Hubbell Trading Post Rug c.1890
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This is an outstanding rare authentic 19th Century Navajo American Indian handwoven Ganado pattern wool rug from the renowned Hubbell Trading Post. The rug shows an outstanding Ganado pattern and dates to circa 1890’s. The Ganado pattern of weaving was established at the trading post founded by Lorenzo Hubbell in the 19th Century. The Ganado rug is best known for the bold “Ganado Red” colour which is integrated into the central diamond and sacred mountain design. In the late 19th Century other blanket traders such as Hudson Bay and Pendleton began creating inexpensive pieces which was hurting the Navajo market. Navajo’s began responding with crafted lesser quality rugs with modern dyes to match the market, but in steps J.L. Hubbell to encourage his weavers by refusing to purchase inexpensive rugs and to thrive on the tradition of extraordinary hand-crafted rugs with mineral pigment dyes such as this example. Juan Lorenzo Hubbell, the founder of the Hubbell Trading Post in 1878 which is now a National Park, passed away in the 1930’s leaving behind a legacy of some of the best Navajo rugs ever created. This example shows a large size with grey background having a large central motif of three diamond figures in Ganado Red, brown / black, tan / cream showing a nice three-color zig-zag border. This is truly a rare example with very few 19th Century Ganado’s being known to exist and this being of such a nice large size. Provenance: From a 90-year collection out of Central Arizona in the Coconino National Forest. Measures overall 98”L x 55”W.