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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 4036455, member: 45"](Sorry I've been having computer problems, and was unable to answer sooner.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, this is not a Chimayo weaving. (And for those who don't already know, Chimayo weaving is Hispanic, not Mexican or Native American. It is named for the village of Chimayo in northern New Mexico, which has been a center of Hispanic weaving, dating back to the 1600s.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Chimayo weaving is done on horizontal floor looms, has fringe on both ends. and a wool yarn warp. The weaving done here is totally unlike that of a Chimayo textile. The weavers from Chimayo never use decorative stripes like those outlined by the white, which has been embellished with black yarn. It is not a technique used, nor is the stitching on the center motif, where there is a sharp, distinct, line between adjoining colors. It actually appears to be a non-interlocking stitch, or slit stitch, like those found on Middle Eastern kilims, but I can't tell for sure from the photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no idea what has been done to the ends, but Chimayo weaving should have fringe, as I said, and are never hemmed.</p><p><br /></p><p>It does appear handmade, but it is definitely not Chimayo, or Native American, the two areas I am most familiar with.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 4036455, member: 45"](Sorry I've been having computer problems, and was unable to answer sooner.) Unfortunately, this is not a Chimayo weaving. (And for those who don't already know, Chimayo weaving is Hispanic, not Mexican or Native American. It is named for the village of Chimayo in northern New Mexico, which has been a center of Hispanic weaving, dating back to the 1600s.) Chimayo weaving is done on horizontal floor looms, has fringe on both ends. and a wool yarn warp. The weaving done here is totally unlike that of a Chimayo textile. The weavers from Chimayo never use decorative stripes like those outlined by the white, which has been embellished with black yarn. It is not a technique used, nor is the stitching on the center motif, where there is a sharp, distinct, line between adjoining colors. It actually appears to be a non-interlocking stitch, or slit stitch, like those found on Middle Eastern kilims, but I can't tell for sure from the photos. I have no idea what has been done to the ends, but Chimayo weaving should have fringe, as I said, and are never hemmed. It does appear handmade, but it is definitely not Chimayo, or Native American, the two areas I am most familiar with.[/QUOTE]
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