Tibetan Wool Rugs

 

About the uniqueness of its design and colors

From the 19th century, Tibetan wool rugs are relatively restrained in terms of design and colors. Carpet makers at that time had a limited range of natural colors, including madder (red), indigo (blue), Tibetan rhubarb (yellow) and Tibetan walnut (browns and greys), with a few local plants producing yellow and greenish colors. Originally this art consisted of two classes: the first type is simple geometric designs such as the checkerboard design that probably formed part of an ancient Tibetan design repertoire, mingled with medallion designs and designs inspired by Chinese decorative traditions.  Tibetan Wool Rugs

From the early 19th century, a vast range of synthetic colors was made available to Tibetan weavers. This had stimulated the production of new and more complex designs, also based loosely on traditional Chinese motifs. The production of several new colorful designs featuring dragons, phoenix, floral motifs, clouds etc., can be found. Though the primary influence was the Chinese, sometimes they also copied western textile designs. These designs in abundance still form the core of the Tibetan weaver’s collection today and make it different and unique compared to others.

From last decade we have observed that in India with indo-tibetan weaving pattern weave we can have almost every design pattern which can be made.

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