March in Montana Auction
Live Auction

March in Montana 2024 Session II

Sat, Mar 16, 2024 01:00PM EDT
Lot 508

Navajo Rug, 8'9" x 4'10"

Estimate: $9,000 - $12,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

Navajo Rug 8'9" x 4'10" finely woven Hubbell Cross rug. Features spider woman concentric crosses throughout the gorgeous hand-carded and highly variegated steel-gray field. The bold, central medallion is quite impressive. Woven from all Native handspun, hand-carded and hand-woven, all hand-dyed, silky-smooth, long-staple Churro sheep wool on a wool warp. Circa 1910. $9,000-12,000 Provenance: The Brad Watts Estate, Arizona, Ranchfolks Navajo Rugs.

Condition

No a/b sides. Three corner tassels intact with remnants of fourth. Some minor bleed visible throughout. One quarter sized brown stain visible in one cross motif, showing through to both sides. Otherwise excellent.