{"product_id":"tibetan-rugs-rudi-molacek-9781898113713","title":"Tibetan Rugs: The Rudi Molacek Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e- Featuring many previously unseen pieces\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Sheds new light on life on the Tibetan Plateau\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtist 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 centers 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, characterized 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rudi Molacek, Thomas Wild, Thomas Cole\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1898113718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781898113713\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hali Publications Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Other\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.36h x 9.69w x 2.28d\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot available to be shipped via Media Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rudi Molacek","offers":[{"title":"Other","offer_id":46110811422975,"sku":"9781898113713","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8f7e9850-3423-460f-901d-9bd36ed81b48.jpg?v=1725469849","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tibetan-rugs-rudi-molacek-9781898113713","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}