Featured in this lot is this Navajo Ganado Hubbell Trading Post circa 1890. 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 features a dark brown border with a off white field and medium red and shows a heathered grey coloration. The rug features a a substantial decoration of a stepped area of decoration and a Hubbell cross shown on one side of the rug. The condition of this Hubbell Ganado rug is fair to good with with some wear to the rug showing some sunder to the rug itself and the edge of the rug shows a cloth hemp that was added after weaving but otherwise the rug shows fair to good overall condition. The measurements of this rug is 61" x 36".