Makden’s – The Warp and The Weft

Makden Item 17

May 4, 2022

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="60px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1552146147628{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] TYPE: 'butterfly' shaped under-saddle with phoenix roundels [/vc_column_text][edgtf_separator type="full-width" color="#c1452c" border_style="solid" thickness="3"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] CIRCA: 1920's [/vc_column_text][edgtf_separator type="full-width" color="#c1452c" border_style="solid" thickness="3"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_col-xs-12"][vc_single_image image="10059" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="10046" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="10047" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_empty_space height="52px"][vc_single_image image="10049" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="10050" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_single_image image="10060" img_size="full" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="10056" img_size="full" onclick="img_link_large"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="10051" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_single_image image="10054"...

Makden Item 16

by Kevin Denlay

June 24, 2021

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="60px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1552146147628{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] TYPE: Tibetan saddle carpet --- SOLD [/vc_column_text][edgtf_separator type="full-width" color="#c1452c" border_style="solid" thickness="3"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] CIRCA: 1900 [/vc_column_text][edgtf_separator type="full-width" color="#c1452c" border_style="solid" thickness="3"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_col-xs-12"][vc_single_image image="8800" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="8801" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="8802" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="8803" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="8807" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_single_image image="8809" img_size="full" onclick="img_link_large"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="8812" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="8805" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"...

Makden Item 15

by Kevin Denlay

February 18, 2021

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="60px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1552146147628{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] TYPE: Tibetan under-saddle carpet with dragons [/vc_column_text][edgtf_separator type="full-width" color="#c1452c" border_style="solid" thickness="3"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] CIRCA: 1920's [/vc_column_text][edgtf_separator type="full-width" color="#c1452c" border_style="solid" thickness="3"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_col-xs-12"][vc_single_image image="8734" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="8735" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="8736" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="8738" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="8743" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="8737" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="8740" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1551359330989{margin-top:...

Makden Item 14

by Kevin Denlay

February 18, 2021

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="60px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1552146147628{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] TYPE: A saddle carpet set with roundels and 'frog-foot' design [/vc_column_text][edgtf_separator type="full-width" color="#c1452c" border_style="solid" thickness="3"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] CIRCA: 1900's, late(?) 3rd quarter [/vc_column_text][edgtf_separator type="full-width" color="#c1452c" border_style="solid" thickness="3"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_col-xs-12"][vc_single_image image="9972" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="9956" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="9970" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="9968" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="9973" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="9974" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image...

Makdens’s Item 13

by Kevin Denlay

August 27, 2020

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="60px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1552146147628{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] TYPE: A Tibetan under-saddle carpet, 'khotan' roundel [/vc_column_text][edgtf_separator type="full-width" color="#c1452c" border_style="solid" thickness="3"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] CIRCA: 1920's [/vc_column_text][edgtf_separator type="full-width" color="#c1452c" border_style="solid" thickness="3"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_col-xs-12"][vc_single_image image="7720" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="7714" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="7719" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="7716" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1551359330989{margin-top: 60px !important;margin-bottom: 40px !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Description to be added[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" css=".vc_custom_1552148827227{padding-top: 20px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1598554301685{border-left-width: 3px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;border-left-color: #c1452c !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}"] SIZE: WARP: cotton WEFT: wool KNOT...

Makden’s Item 12

by Kevin Denlay

August 27, 2020

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="60px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1552146147628{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] TYPE: a tibetan under-saddle carpet, floral roundel [/vc_column_text][edgtf_separator type="full-width" color="#c1452c" border_style="solid" thickness="3"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] CIRCA: 1920 [/vc_column_text][edgtf_separator type="full-width" color="#c1452c" border_style="solid" thickness="3"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_col-xs-12"][vc_single_image image="7705" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="7706" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="7707" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="7708" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1551359330989{margin-top: 60px !important;margin-bottom: 40px !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Tibetan under-saddle carpet or ‘makden’ joined (as is generally the custom for this type of saddle carpet) in the...

Wangden’s Item 4

by admin

March 15, 2019

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="60px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1552146147628{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] TYPE: A Tibetan 'under-saddle' carpet made in the Wangden style --- SOLD [/vc_column_text][edgtf_separator type="full-width" color="#c1452c" border_style="solid" thickness="3"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] CIRCA: late 1800's [/vc_column_text][edgtf_separator type="full-width" color="#c1452c" border_style="solid" thickness="3"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_col-xs-12"][vc_single_image image="8502" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="6642" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_single_image image="8782" img_size="full" onclick="img_link_large"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="6643" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_single_image image="8783" img_size="full" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_single_image image="8785" img_size="full" onclick="img_link_large"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="8503" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_single_image image="8784" img_size="full" onclick="img_link_large"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1551359330989{margin-top: 60px !important;margin-bottom: 40px !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]A...

Makden’s Item 11

by admin

March 15, 2019

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="60px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1552146147628{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] TYPE: A set of Tibetan under and over-saddle carpets --- SOLD [/vc_column_text][edgtf_separator type="full-width" color="#c1452c" border_style="solid" thickness="3"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] CIRCA: 1900 - 1920 [/vc_column_text][edgtf_separator type="full-width" color="#c1452c" border_style="solid" thickness="3"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2" offset="vc_col-xs-8"][vc_single_image image="9428" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/4" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="9430" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_single_image image="9431" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_single_image image="9432" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_single_image image="9436" img_size="full" onclick="img_link_large"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/4" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="9438" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_single_image image="9441" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_single_image image="9435" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"...

Makden’s Item 10

by admin

March 15, 2019

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="60px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1552146147628{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] TYPE: a Tibetan under-saddle carpet, floral roundel [/vc_column_text][edgtf_separator type="full-width" color="#c1452c" border_style="solid" thickness="3"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] CIRCA: 1920 [/vc_column_text][edgtf_separator type="full-width" color="#c1452c" border_style="solid" thickness="3"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_col-xs-12"][vc_single_image image="8498" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="6778" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="7827" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="8499" img_size="full" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1551359330989{margin-top: 60px !important;margin-bottom: 40px !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]A large under-saddle carpet (makden) with the outer edging surrounded with approximately 5 cm wide strip of felt, covered in materiel....

Makden’s Item 9

by admin

March 15, 2019

[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs"][vc_empty_space height="60px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1552146147628{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] TYPE: a Tibetan under-saddle carpet, checker design [/vc_column_text][edgtf_separator type="full-width" color="#c1452c" border_style="solid" thickness="3"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] CIRCA: 1920 (or earlier) [/vc_column_text][edgtf_separator type="full-width" color="#c1452c" border_style="solid" thickness="3"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_col-xs-12"][vc_single_image image="8451" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="6773" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][vc_single_image image="8453" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-xs-4"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1551359330989{margin-top: 60px !important;margin-bottom: 40px !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]A so-called 'butterfly shaped' Tibetan under-saddle carpet (makden), the shape of which is generally believed to have been 'introduced' by the Younghusband expedition...