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Of wool and loom: the tradition of Tibetan rugs

Of wool and loom: the tradition of Tibetan rugs
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ISBN 9748304132 (hardcover)
9789748304137 (hardcover)
Author Chodrak, Trinley
Title Of wool and loom : the tradition of Tibetan rugs / Trinley Chodrak and Kesang Tashi
Publisher Bangkok : White Orchid Books, 2000
Physical desc. 156 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; colour illustrations, colour maps ; 29 cm.
Note Maps on endpapers.
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-155) and index.
Contents A brief history of Tibetan textiles and carpets. Origins of the craft -- Early Tibetan civilization -- Early Tibetan textiles -- Early garment textiles -- Planted-pile textiles and the evolution of drumtse -- Drumtse, the classic Tibetan knotted-pile carpet -- Wangden drumtse and Kamdrum -- The Wangden story -- The warp-back rugs of Lhuntse Dzong -- Influence from neighboring regions -- Carpet weaving as a commercial enterprise in Tibet. Emergence of Gyantse as Tibet's rug weaving center -- Increased domestic demands for carpets -- The rise of commercial weaving centers -- Carpet weaving gains official recognition -- Master weavers and apprenticeship -- Early lessons of an apprentice -- Intermediate phase of apprenticeship -- Advanced apprenticeship -- Traditional carpet designs -- Use and function of Tibetan carpets. Diversity of traditional uses and ubiquity of the bed-size khaden -- Tibetan nomads and wool -- Ecclesiastic use of Tibetan carpets -- Carpets and the aristocracy -- The Yabshi Phunkhang cavalry rugs -- Tibetan floor carpets -- Carpets for equestrians -- Village carpet weaving -- Tibetan rug weaving in the modern era -- Of wool and loom: catalogue.
Subject Rugs -- Tibet
Rugs, Oriental -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region
Textile fabrics -- Tibet
Carpets
Art, Tibetan
Added name(s) Tashi, Kesang
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