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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 1076292, member: 45&quot;]The first Navajo rugs were simple black and white stripes or bands.&nbsp; Most of the designs we think of now as Navajo or Southwest patterns, were actually introduced by early trading post managers, thinking it would help improve sales.</p><p><br /></p><p>Spanish influence in the southwest brought new designs, which in turn, had originated in northern Africa, due to the 700+ years of Moorish influence in Spain.</p><p><br /></p><p>Traders added design patterns taken from the Oriental rugs they thought their customers were more familiar with, and therefore would be more likely to buy, so there is a connection with Turkish/Afghanistan/Middle East rug patterns as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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