Early 20th Century Chinese Tibetan Saddle Cover ( 2'3" x 4' - 69 x 122 )

Early 20th Century Chinese Tibetan Saddle Cover ( 2'3''x 3'9'' - 69 x 114 )

Early 20th Century Chinese Tibetan Saddle Cover ( 2' x 4' - 62 x 122 )

Early 20th Century Chinese Tibetan Saddle Cover ( 2'6" x 4'2" - 76 x 127 )

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Dragon Carpet ( 4' x 4' - 122 x 122 )

Early 20th Century Chinese Tibetan Carpet ( 3' x 5' - 90 x 152 )

Early 20th Century Chinese Tibetan Carpet ( 3' x 6' - 90 x 183 )

Tibetan Saddle Seat Rug, Early 20th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 2'0" W x 2'6" L

A unique and elegant Tibetan carpet in a rare room-size format - likely commissioned at the time for a member of the nobility, as most Tibetan pieces of the period were woven in a small rug format. The blue field provides a great contrast to the striking design, with each drawing in the central field is creatively repeated in various colour compositions, is framed by a simple red border. The charming array of hues in the palette are all vegetable-dyed. Rug weaving in Tibet stretches back hundreds if not thousands of years, though experienced a real renaissance in the early 20th Century, brought by the greater access to rich dyes, and a greater diversity in these carpets designs, combining traditional Tibetan motifs with elements borrowed from Chinese weavings...

Tibet, circa 1920 Handwoven.

A rare early 20th century Tibetan rug with a single central peony against a multi-colored striped background and surrounded by a thick black border.

An early 20th century Tibetan horse cover textile rug in blue and yellow, circa 1900, measures: 2'1" x 4'9".

Tibetan Saddle Cover, Late 19th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 3'8" L x 2'2" W