
Tibetan Rugs
The Rudi Molacek Collection
Hali Publications Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 13. March 2024
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-898113-71-3 (ISBN)
Description
Artist and photographer Rudi Molacek has assembled, with an artist's eye, an idiosyncratic collection of more than 300 Tibetan carpets, rugs, mats, seat-, bench- and saddle-covers. Between the 15th and the 20th centuries they were woven for both sacred and secular purposes by Tibetan nomads and villagers, and in the shadow of monastic centres across the Tibetan Plateau. The first volume presents Tibetan rugs intended for sitting, sleeping, meditation and horse riding, as well as those made to furnish the region's prestigious temples and monasteries - an expression of the relative wealth and status of their owners. The second volume focuses on a group of so-called 'Wangden' rural rugs, characterised by a unique weaving technique, some of which have been the subject of an illuminating exercise in radiocarbon dating to establish the antiquity of the tradition.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
30 Illustrations, black and white; 300 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 316 mm
Width: 246 mm
Thickness: 57 mm
Weight
3856 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-898113-71-3 (9781898113713)
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Persons
Artist and photographer Rudi Molacek has collected Tibetan carpets for many years. For this book, he is joined by a team of experts on weaving and Tibetan culture.
Content
Volume 1: Sitting and Sleeping; Meditation; Horse Riding; Monasteries
Volume 2: Wangden
Volume 2: Wangden