Vintage Chimayo Mat Woven Chimayo, New Mexico

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Vintage Chimayo Mat Woven Chimayo, New Mexico
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Here is a small Chimayo primarily red mat that is about the size of a placemat and measures about 14 1/2" long (excluding fringe) by 10" wide. This has some wear with a small hole but still looks pretty good. This was an estate sale find and I was told that it was purchased in the 1950s or 1960s when the sellers family traveled out west. I previously had this incorrectly listed as a Navajo mat but was corrected by a helpful eBay shopper who gave me the information below.
Named for the village of Chimayo, New Mexico, which was settled in the late 1600's by the Spanish. They brought their European looms and weaving techniques with them, and the area around Chimayo, in the northern Rio Grande Valley, became a weaving center of the Southwest. The weavers are all of Hispanic descent, many of them tracing their family history back to eight or more generations of weavers. They consider themselves Spanish-American, or Hispanic, not Mexican, and definitely not Native American. Their weaving is considered part of the Spanish Colonial Art heritage of Northern New Mexico.
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