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ANTIQUE #SA756813

Antique Tiger Rug

Status: This item has been sold
Sold by: Farnham Antique Carpets

An extremely rare antique Tiger rug with an abstract stripe design using deep red/orange dyes and black stripes.  In exceptional original condition with a soft wool pile all over this beautiful piece of rug art.  As mentioned below it is believed only around 200 Tibetan Tiger rugs were ever produced and have grown increasingly in value and collectability over the last 10 years.  A rare opportunity to purchase an antique Tibetan Tiger rug in such excellent untouched condition.
 
Extract below from Hali Magazine article 21st Feb ''19 - ''An Eye For The Tigers''.
 
''Tibetan tiger rugs are as culturally fascinating, and as poignantly elusive now as the tigers themselves. In the early 19th century woven tiger rugs became the substitute for the increasingly scarce Indian tiger pelts. The small number produced remained within the monasteries, and unlike other works of Tibetan art appeared outside Tibet only in 1976, when an example was taken to the USA. After the more recent social upheava...
Antique SA756813 shown on this page was made in 1890. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
1890
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Farnham Antique Carpets
Specialists in antique decorative carpets, rugs and runners.
Farnham Antique Carpets is also an antique trade association member of LAPADA BADA
Surrey
United Kingdom
Tel: 01252 851215
STATUS
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD