**Vintage Genuine Chimayo Jacket Vest**Fantastic vintage Chimayo vest, 100% wool exclusive of trim. The colors are vibrant and the tailoring and weaving exceptional. Oatmeal background with white, green, blue, brown and black design. Tan corduroy cinches at the waist with metal buckles. Metal hook & eye closures. Metals unknown. Hooks & eyes are quite heavy; buckles are lighter. Small rust spot on one buckle. No fading. Maker is unknown, but the tag is identical in style to the Charles Ilfeld Company except it is missing the name. Charles Ilfeld Co. was a wool trader and goods merchant in New Mexico from the late 1800s through the 1940s. Tag reads: \"Genuine Chimayo Jacket Hand Woven All Wool\" (All Wool is crossed out, presumably because of trim/cinches).Measurements are:

• Back length: 16.25 in/41.25 cm (from center neck to bottom)
• Front length: 18.75 in/47.5 cm (to longest point)
• Chest: 18 in/45.75 cm (measured flat from armpit seam to armpit seam)
• Top Shoulder: 13 in/ 33 cm

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