Antique Floral Needlework Carpet

Fine Antique Botanic orange needlework carpet Size: 11'0" × 14'10" (335 × 452 cm) A late 19th century needlework carpet, having a sand ground with whimsical flowering vinery around a gold leafy vine framing a central medallion containing a floral bouquet within a narrow gold border with leaves. English needlepoints antique...

Contemporary Aubusson design beige and blue needlework rug by Doris Leslie Blau Size: 13'6" × 23'3" (411 × 708 cm). This stunning contemporary carpet brings the best of traditional...

Mid-20th century floral needlework rug Size: 9'7" × 10'0" (292 × 304 cm) Needlepoint rugs are universally admired for their elegant patterns and high quality piles. Few contemporary ...

Antique Portuguese Botanic Black Yellow Needlework Rug Size: 18'0" × 22'3" (548 × 678 cm) Needlepoint rugs were mainly used as table carp...

Contemporary floral green and black European inspired Tibetan rug by Doris Leslie Blau. Size: 7'10" × 9'7" (238 × 292 cm). What we are offering this time is a magnificent piece of we...

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.

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...

A fine English needlework worked in both petit and gros point distinguished by a floral spray on a black background, contained within a reserve defined by ribbon-like, stylised acant...

This is a hand-knotted, finely woven antique Portuguese carpet, having a all-over floral pattern. Measures: 10 x 13.

Cotton foundation, wool needlepoint Embroidery 17'6" x 19'8" This mosaic floor pattern wool needlepoint carpet was clearly a special commission for a high-level Roman Catholic ecclesiastic, bishop and then archbishop / cardinal as indicated by the hats with tassels in the corners, each surmounting a shield of arms...

One of a kind Bessarabian Kilim. This great piece of art was woven in the first quarter of the 20th century. It was used as wall decoration for more than 100 years and never walked o...

An antique English needlepoint carpet from the early 20th century. Measures: 9' 3" x 11' 9"