French Savonnerie Carpet, 1920

Art Deco Savonnerie carpet, 1920s France, circa 1920-1930.   

Art Deco Savonnerie Carpet, 1920 France, circa 1920.

Antique French Savonnerie carpet France circa 1920. Handwoven.  

French Art Deco Savonnerie carpet, France, circa 1920.       

French Art Deco Savonnerie carpet, France, circa 1928.

20th Century French Savonnerie Carpet France, circa 1928 'Pyramides' design Art Deco Designed by Paul Hasaerts for De Saedeleer Wool carpet with an overall geometric design in shades...

This heavy, thick pile European carpet shows offset rows of sketchy floral bouquets on a beige ground. No linear border, but a line of beaded acanthus fronds instead. Restricted pale...

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 ...

French Savonnerie rug carpet, 11' x 24'8. The French Savonnerie manufactory was the most prestigious European manufactory of knotted-pile carpets...

The madder red field features an allover pattern of laurel wreaths surrounding either complex rosettes or leaf and star arrays. The burnt apricot and camel border displays tight flor...

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 ...

During the early seventeenth century, a weaver named Pierre DuPont travelled to the Levant. Upon his return, he claimed to have discovered the technique of creating Turkish rugs. Oriental rugs were extremely expensive during Bourbon times, and a French manufactory that could create the same type of rug would lower the price significantly. Henri VI of France–the reigning monarch at the time–took advantage of DuPont’s skills and established a workshop for him at the Louvre. In 1627, King Louis XIII founded a manufactory for DuPont and his apprentice, Simon Lourdes, on the site of a defunct soap factory in the sixteenth arrondissement (also known as Quai de Chaillot). The name “Savonnerie” was born from the French word “Savon” meaning “soap.” DuPont and Lourdes worked together, weaving rugs under a royal patent for the king and other nobles until they had a falling out and split up. Lourdes remained at the Chaillot location while DuPont went to his workshops in the Louvre, though both continued to make Savonnerie rugs. Antique rugs, French Savonnerie carpet, Beige Floral carpet...