Antique Savonnerie Carpet

19th Century French Neo Classical Savonnerie Carpet ( 12'9" x 18'4" -390 x 560 )

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...

Needlepoint. Hand made wool rug. Measures: 9'0" x 12'0".

Needlepoint. Hand made wool rug. Measures: 9'0" x 12'0".

Handwoven antique NW Persian carpet, Dated 1863. Persian informal design, with small central medallion and floral lattice and Herati pattern. Navy background with red border. Inscri...

Needlepoint. Hand made wool rug. Measures: 6'0" x 9'0".

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...

Very beautiful and wonderful 19th century French Savonnerie rug with nice and unusual geometrical design and light colors, very decorative. Maybe Louis XVI style, entirely hand knott...

A glamorous octagon shaped early 20th century Savonnerie carpet i Size: 7'8" x 7'9" The Savonnerie manufactory was the most prestigious European manufactory of knotted-pile car...

This French-style piece shows an uncongested sandy-straw field spotted with small rose bouquets,; spiral volute acanthus, vase and bouquet corners; bouquets at all four side midpoint...

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.

Savonnerie rug 12'8'' x 19'6''.