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Giuseppe De Giosa had been collecting Caucasian carpets for many years, but it was on trip to Tibet in 1991 when his love affair with Tibetan carpets began. Fortunately, De Giosa's wife Shirin shares her husband's passion for the colours, texture and design of Tibetan weavings and the couple now have some 140 carpets in their personal collection. In 'Dream Wavers', leading textile authority Thomas Cole takes the reader through the history of Tibetan weavings and explains the Central Asian weaving influences on this ancient art form. He then provides detailed captions to accompany the more than 60 photographs of carpets from De Giosa's collection. Reflecting the inner warmth of a very soulful people, the weavings presented in this volume represent a cross section of the breadth of design as seen in the mind's eye of the Tibetan weavers.

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...a valuable new contribution to the meagre literature on Tibetan rugs. -- Hali Magazine, March 2005.

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"Thomas Cole is a dealer of rugs and carpets and also writes professionally on textiles. He has been active in the antique tribal rug and textile art trade for the past 23 years. He is familiar with the diverse textiles and woven art traditions of the Near East and Persia, Central Asia and China. He has contributed to an understanding and appreciation of the art form through numerous articles written for HALI magazine. These include a landmark paper on Tibetan rugs entitled ""A Tribal Tradition"" (HALI 49, 1990). He is a frequent lecturer at the International Conference on Oriental Carpets (ICOC) and American Conference on Oriental Rugs (ACOR) gatherings, as well as at various rug societies throughout the United States."

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