Antique Savonnerie Hand Knotted Wool Carpet

Authentic Savonnerie Botanic handmade wool carpet. Size: 13'0" x 21'6" (396 × 655 cm). An en-camaieu Savonnerie carpet, the open camel field with lush floral branches framing a cen...

Authentic Oversized Antique Savonnerie Carpet Size: 20'9" × 21'4" (632 × 650 cm) An exceptional early 20th century Savonnerie antique carpet, the beige field with delicate blue viner...

Vintage Irish Botanic Hand Knotted Wool Carpet Size: 8'8" × 11'1" (264 × 337 cm) An early 20th century Irish Donegal carpet, the maize field with enlarged black leaves overall with p...

Authentic 19th century Savonnerie green wool carpet. Size: 6'10" × 7'3" (208 × 220 cm) A late 19th century Savonnerie carpet, the olive field with an overall light orange lozenge lat...

Oversized Savonnerie Antique Beige Handmade Wool Rug Size: 15'0" × 19'9" (457 × 601 cm) Savonnerie was the most prestigious European manufactory of knotted-pile French Savonnerie carpets. Primarily its style broadly imitated Persian models but soon settled into more purely French designs, pictorial or armorial framed medallions, densely massed flowers in bouquets or leafy rinceaux against deep blue, black or deep brown grounds, within multiple borders. The oversized area rugs...

Antique Savonnerie Rug Size: 12'10" × 21'3" (391 × 647 cm) A mid 19th century Savonnerie antique rug, the finely-striped black field with an allover-design of overblown curving leaves and delicate floral sprays around a central medallion within a lush cream border with vases and flowery bouquets. The Savonnerie European Rugs factory, located on the site of the present Musee d’Art Moderne, inherited its name from the soap making factory it took over at the behest of Louis XIII. From 1660 until 1743 Savonnerie was a manufacture royale, carrying out commissions for French Savonnerie rugs and carpets specifically designed for the Royal Palaces. In the 1770’s, the tapestry looms at Aubusson in the Creuze Valley near Limoges were converted to produce flat-woven rugs for sale and carpets under royal warrant. No one knows precisely when European rugs weaving began in this area, but it is certain that tapestries were first woven there long before the Gothic era.

Antique French Savonnerie carpet France circa 1920. Handwoven.  

Under the direction of Pierre Dupont and Simon Lourdet carpet production commenced in France in the early 17th Century. In 1608, a workshop was set up in the Louvre, followed by the ...

Antique Savonnerie rugs exemplify the formal grace and elegance of classical European design. Savonnerie originated in Spain since the eleventh century, and to the rest of European.

This European Savonnerie Rug has been hand-knotted in late 19th century in France. Owned by Coca-Cola magnate Robert W. Woodruff between 1948 until the late 1980s at his Windcrofte e...

Antique Art Deco Savonnerie carpet France ca. 1925

The sienna brown field shows a shadow pattern of rosettes, sharp leaves and curving stems, set within a beige border of semi-abstract flowers and stems. Floral bouquets in the corner...