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1920's Antique Southwestern-Style Chinle Kilim Rug Early 20th Century
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78558 Antique Chinle Southwestern-Style Kilim Rug, 02'09 x 04'06. Bathed in the still breath of the high desert, this handwoven wool antique Southwestern-style textile from the Chinle region emerges as a lyrical meditation on balance, rhythm, and earthborn light. It is a composition not of central medallions or pictorial drama, but of cadence—measured and deliberate—drawn from the enduring tradition of horizontal banded weavings. Rooted in the weaving revival that flourished in the Chinle Valley of northeastern Arizona during the early decades of the 20th century, this textile exemplifies the return to elegant restraint. The artisan—likely shaped by intergenerational teaching and the evolving preferences of regional trading posts—brought together natural hues in layered sequences that reflect the desert’s tonal poetry, from canyon wall to cloud-shadowed mesa.
The field flows in structured repetition, composed of alternating bands in hues of red, camel, ivory, and dusk-toned black. These colors, whether drawn from vegetal sources or early commercial dyes, speak the palette of a land just touched by rain—saturated, grounded, and deeply resonant. Stepped zigzag motifs traverse the composition with rhythmic force, arrow-like in their arrangement and suggestive of elemental energies. These forms, rooted in Indigenous design vocabulary, may reference lightning, paths of spiritual transit, or the meandering flow of water through canyon and arroyo. Far from mere ornament, they are expressions of vitality, movement, and reverence for nature’s dynamic balance.
Throughout the composition, symmetry is maintained not through mirrored shapes, but through balanced intention. The interplay of dark and light, motion and stillness, evokes a deeper harmony—one that echoes philosophical principles of beauty, order, and relationship with the land. Narrow pinstriped bands in muted indigo and umber—woven with restraint and care—act as quiet bridges between broader fields, much like transitional elements in ceremonial life. These delicate bands recall distant rainfall or the fleeting shadows of clouds sweeping across open desert expanses.
This early 20th-century Chinle-area weaving is more than a historical artifact—it is a woven expression of memory, landscape, and cultural continuity. Its banded form reflects an intentional sense of openness and timelessness, as if the horizon it evokes refuses to be contained. In its geometry lies a contemplative order; in its cadence, the echo of voice and ceremony. Woven during a time of cultural resilience and adaptation, this textile stands as a testament to the enduring creative spirit of the Southwest and the landscape from which such art is born.
Rendered in variegated shades of tan, red, black, beige and gray with other accent colors.
Desirable Age Wear. Abrash.
Handwoven wool.
Made in America.
Measures: 02'09 x 04'6.
Date: 1920's. Early 20th Century.
- Creator:Navajo (Weaver)
- Dimensions:Width: 33 in (83.82 cm)Length: 54 in (137.16 cm)
- Style:Spanish Colonial (In the Style Of)
- Materials and Techniques:Wool,Hand-Woven
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1920-1929
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Abrash. Desirable Age Wear.
- Seller Location:Dallas, TX
- Reference Number:Seller: 78558 Antique Southwestern-Style Kilim Rug, 02'09 x 04'061stDibs: LU942935165422
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