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Apache El Encanto Blue Melange Square-End Wool Tie VTG EUC 1950s 1960s B R Baker
Apache El Encanto Blue Melange Square-End Wool Tie VTG EUC 1950s 1960s B R Baker
Apache El Encanto Blue Melange Square-End Wool Tie VTG EUC 1950s 1960s B R Baker
Apache El Encanto Blue Melange Square-End Wool Tie VTG EUC 1950s 1960s B R Baker
Apache El Encanto Blue Melange Square-End Wool Tie VTG EUC 1950s 1960s B R Baker
Apache El Encanto Blue Melange Square-End Wool Tie VTG EUC 1950s 1960s B R Baker
Apache El Encanto Blue Melange Square-End Wool Tie VTG EUC 1950s 1960s B R Baker
Apache El Encanto Blue Melange Square-End Wool Tie VTG EUC 1950s 1960s B R Baker
Apache El Encanto Blue Melange Square-End Wool Tie VTG EUC 1950s 1960s B R Baker
Apache El Encanto Blue Melange Square-End Wool Tie VTG EUC 1950s 1960s B R Baker
Apache El Encanto Blue Melange Square-End Wool Tie VTG EUC 1950s 1960s B R Baker
Apache El Encanto Blue Melange Square-End Wool Tie VTG EUC 1950s 1960s B R Baker

Apache El Encanto Blue Melange Square-End Wool Tie VTG EUC 1950s 1960s B R Baker

$ 21.11

Availability: 100 in stock
  • MPN: Does Not Apply
  • Modified Item: No
  • Decade: 1950s
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Style: Tie
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Look: Southwestern
  • Width: Skinny
  • Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Color: Blue
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Length: Short (< 57 in.)
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Brand: Unbranded
  • Attachment: Tied
  • Material: Wool Blend

    Description

    Length: 51.5”
    Width: 1.75”
    The first of a pair of square-end “El Encanto” ties that are sure to enchant, the first one weaving together blue, black, gray and off-white yarns to create a fabulous midcentury mélange. 80% wool/20% rayon, handwoven by Apache Hand Loomed Products Co. of Albuquerque, NM and retailed through the B.R. Baker & Co. department store of Cleveland, OH, c.late-1950s/1960s. Excellent vintage condition, one spot at the bottom tip.
    In 1927, Italian-born Peter Peitavino (1905-1979), together with his wife Bernice, relocated to Cedar Crest amid the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico in the hopes of recovering from his tuberculosis. After the death of his wife there, Peitavino sought out his neighbor’s instruction on how to weave on a hand loom. By 1934, Peitavino had formed his own company, Apache Hand Loomed Products Co., one of the first of its kind in the state; although the company first produced blankets, it found success through the manufacture of neckties, with its creations shipped to major department stores nationwide and as far away as China. In 1943 the company’s success led to its relocation to Albuquerque, and by the 1950s it had expanded into women’s stoles, sashes, and capes.
    Bernard R. Baker (1860-1941) founded his eponymous concern in Toledo in 1892 and expanded to Cleveland in 1910, with it eventually becoming Upper Euclid Avenue’s premier clothing store for men and boys. It survived at least until the 1960s.