Oak Grove Antiques
On another lovely day and another lovely drive. This time through the wonderful byways of Hood River Valley, near Hood River, Oregon. We came across a quaint old country store full to the gunnels with wonderful antiques and collectibles. The shop is in the old Oak Grove Store not far from the old Hood River Golf Course and very worth a visit. Two floors are filled with everything imaginable. A main floor and the old basement.
Other than the tile I hadn't had much luck, but thought I would go over the upper floor again just to be sure. When I went back upstairs, I happened to go into another section of the store I hadn't noticed before. This stunning little rug/wall hanging, was lying across an old trunk. It was love at first sight. Just as I suspected, it was a Zapotec rug, made by the native Zapotec Indians of the Oaxaca Valley in southern Mexico. It is not large, just 24" x 29", but it is so bright and cheerful, and just so much fun, I couldn't resist it. I wish you could see how blue that background really is. It looks much more blue than in these pictures. The fish are so nice and bright and make me smile. The rugs warp is cotton and the weft is lovely wool, very nicely done. I can just see it hanging on the wall already.
I wandered all through the first floor and nothing really struck my fancy, so next I went downstairs and had a rummage around in the basement. There was tons of stuff. On a small shelf tucked away in one small corner I found this amazing Mag Mor art tile. As I am also a collector of Indian artifacts and have some very lovely things like this since my childhood, which I have cherished, I just had to have this 6"x 6" tile. It was in perfect condition and will go so well with my other Native American collection.
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