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Antique Sino Tibetan Horse Saddle Blanket Rug browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: Himalayas: Pre 1900: item # 1030256 Please refer to our stock # C144 when inquiring.
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Antique 19th century Sino - Tibetan hand woven woolen on a cotton
foundation Saddle Blanket Rug in the shape of a butterfly with spread
wings weaved with large peonies and bounded with a border woven with
birds perching on wavy flowered branches and trimmed on the edges by
red wool. Please note that this is an authentic Saddle Blanket Rug
woven in two different sections and joined after the completion of the
weaving by a plain very flexible heavy woolen fabric intended to be
placed on the back of a horse and covered by a saddle, so the blanket
for the convenience of the rider and for durability would hang flat on
the sides of the horse. The Saddle Blanket Rug is with its original
leather trimmed slots for the stirrup belts, and also the back is
lined with purple cotton. Many so called saddle blankets are without
the flexible center, or the holes for the stirrup belts, or the
backing cloth, and are in fact just decorative rugs in the shape of
saddle rugs and were never made to be used as real saddle blankets.
These types of blankets were exported during the 19th century to China
and Mongolia. REFERENCES: (1) Cavalieri D’Oriente by Taher Sabahi Milano- Palazzo Della Regione 1992. (2) "Chinese and Exotic Rugs" by Murry L. Eiland's. Due to the fact that the market is flooded by reproductions of Tibetan and Chinese rugs and textiles, we would like to inform our clients that this is a 100% authentic antique Tibetan Saddle Blanket Rug and not a reproduction, and is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. DIMENSIONS: Approximately when placed flat: Length: 116 cm (45 5/8 in), Width: 67.5 cm (26. 1/2 in). CONDITION: The Saddle Blanket in general is in good condition considering its age with some slight age wear, there are no holes or applied patches in the wool except for discoloration and one small patch on the cotton lining. There are two narrow horizontal spots without of the wool pile at the same height at both sides of the blanket which appear to be made in purpose, possibly for other slots which were never finished. This item comes from an old Canadian collection of Oriental Art, including many Chinese robes and related items, which we are in the process of photographing and placing for sale for the first time. |
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