Wool Southwestern or Native American Rug Identification

Yes we’re off topic but:

I think it’s very pretty, but to my eye more probably a vintage Mexican saltillo than likely Chimayo/Rio Grande NM. The use of vertical and horizontal bordering within the field is alien to normal Chimayo production (I think?), which is all about edge-to-edge weaving–but borders are for sure characteristic within Mexican textiles.
Here’s a Pinterest pin of a vintage Mexican rug (regardless that it says Chimayo–some sales use that just to attract the eye) with the same repeating S-shape in the border, though obviously different in design and missing the central diamond.

The diamond central design of your piece is thoroughly typical of saltillo weavings, Mexican and NM. But it’s those internal borders that hang me up, lol. (That said, the finest weavers in Chimayo working now, the Trujillos, do use interior borders sometimes–but that’s an exception.)

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