Temple, Household, Horseback: Rugs of the Tibetan Plateau

Washington, D.C.: Textile Museum, 1984. Quarto, color illus.; 111 pages: illustrations (some color), maps; 28 cm Very good (+) Slight bit of shelf wear to edge of boards, crease and sunning to spine: clean pages tight binding. Paperback.

Origins of the Tibetan pile rug tradition: archaeological evidence -- Recorded history of rug making in Tibet -- Sources and uses of symbol and design -- Materials and techniques of rug weaving in Tibet -- Temple, household, horseback: functions of Tibetan tugs -- Catalog -- Notes -- Structural analysis. Rugs, Oriental -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- Themes, motives -- Exhibition catalogs. China -- Tibet Autonomous Region. Catalog of the Textile Museum exhibition by the same name held Nov. 1, 1984-March 31, 1985, Washington, D.C.