Aubusson rug circa 1950 - N° 1407

Aubusson rug - Around 1850 Napoleon III style - 1m95x1m40, N° 879 Period: 19th century Condition: Perfect condition Material: Wool & Silk Width: 1m95 Length: 1m40 Close to the Eiffe...

Aubusson rug with petit point 19th century - N°902 Close to the Eiffel Tower, We are a family business specialized in the purchase, sale and expertise of tapestries, carpets, kilims...

823 - small aubusson rug.

1043 - Beautiful Aubusson rug savonnerie with pretty patterns and colors and Savonnerie style, entirely knotted in wool velvet on a cotton background.

A stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower We are a family business specializing in the purchase, sale and expertise of old, modern and contemporary tapestries, rugs, kilims and textiles....

Period: 19th century - around 1860 Origin: Aubusson, FRANCE Style: Napoleon III Condition: Perfect condition (Cleaned, Lined in our workshop) Material: Wool & Silk Width: 2m65 Length...

French restoration period handwoven antique Aubusson rug, circa 1830 Material: wool Dimensions: 290 x 240 cm / 9.5 x 7.87 ft We have an important collection of Aubusson rugs from the 18th-20th century. The style developed in Aubusson is recognized today as one of the most influential of the European rug and tapestries History. Workshops to produce Aubusson flat-woven rugs were established under the royal warrant in 1743 to manufacture pile carpets primarily for the nobility. Many weavers who settled in France were Huguenots who had fled Spain during the Inquisition in the early 16th century. By issuing the edict of Nantes, Henry IV granted all non-Catholics freedom of worship, thereby protecting the carpet weavers in Aubusson. Aubusson weavers became the finest craftsmen in the world. Louis XIV’s influential Prime Minister Colbert established the long and hard...

The central ivory medallion, floating on a rose ground with four wonderful bouquets to each corner. Situated on the banks of the River Creuse in France, Aubusson had been well-known ...

All of the older french rugs of which we know of may be classed under two principle heading,Aubusson and savonnerie. These differ in technique and texture,but have one common ground ...

Antique French Aubusson rug, circa 1890. Aubusson carpets are pile less and tapestry woven from that town to the southwest of Paris, by a group of independent weavers working under Royal or State protection. The designs are strictly classical, neoclassical or Victorian. They are virtually never “oriental”. The pattern wefts are wool with silk and/or metal thread for details in the more finely woven examples. Sizes tend toward the squarish and pieces 30’ by 30’ are not unknown. The 18th-19th century French clients included the nobility and haute bourgeoisie. Aubusson carpets were also exported to England and are often to be found in country houses. Light colors are the most popular and dark toned pieces are very rare. Besides traditional Louis furniture...

Aubusson rug from the Louis Philippe period with rich foliage decoration, floral and vegetal friezes in orange-brown and green tones. Dark blue outer border. Work from the Aubu...

Antique French Aubusson rug carpet, circa 1890 13'4 x 16'6. Typical French Aubusson design, with the central ivory medallion surroun...