About Tibetan Rugs
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Tibetan rugs are crafted from wool which is sheared from Tibetan sheep raised on the extensive grasslands of the central plateau. This makes them one of the most luxurious and the most expensive rugs. The wool used in a Tibetan rug is hand-spun and dyed with natural vegetable dyes before knotted into a rug. Due to this Tibetan rugs are known for their sheen and softness. Overall, Tibetan rugs are a great choice for people wanting an elegant without having the busy pattern of a traditional Persian rug.
Design of Tibetan Rugs
The designs used on Tibetan rugs range from abstract to animal print design. Traditionally the designs of Tibetan Rugs derive from the Buddhist culture of Tibet. The most common used designs today are incorporating Buddhist symbolic elements together with either animals such as dragons, tigers, and snakes, or floral elements. Tigers play an especially important role in Buddhism and often used by monasteries. In Tibetan Buddhism, the tigers are one of the deified guardian animals whose power was revered.
Knotting Tibetan Rug
Tibetan rugs are renowned for their durability. Tibetan rugs are an integral part of a Tibetan family as they are made to uphold to the daily usage as meditation mats, door covers or window covers. However, Tibetan rugs were also used as horse saddles, for bed covers and pillar wrapping.
Tibetan rug makers are using an invariably loop-knotting technique in order to achieve their renowned durability. Moreover, produced with 60, 80 or 100 knots per square inch, Tibetan rugs are also stronger than their other Asian counterparts. The dyes used on Tibetan rugs are strictly vegetable dyes, which are often made by the weaving families themselves. Tibetan rugs are woven by wrapping a continuous length of yarn over a rod laid across the warps stretched on the loom. Today, much of the process of making Tibetan rugs still remains traditional hand work. An average 6x9 rug would take a weaver approximately 12 weeks to complete and contain between 450,000 and 800,000 individual knots and cost anywhere between $2,000 to $3,000.
Tibetan rugs are the number one decoration choice for many people because of their rich history, enchanting designs, and outstanding collection value. A Tibetan rug is forever, timeless and traditional. No two Tibetan rugs are alike, unless specifically made as a pair by the same weaver or team of weavers. Today, Tibetan rugs are selling very well.
