Vintage French Savonnerie Rug 9' x 12'

Antique Savonnerie Rug 12'8'' x 19'6''.

This west Turkish town carpet features detail tones less distinct on the straw-buff field. Octagons and octofoil rosettes are the main field devices. Light burnt salmon border with p...

Savonnerie rug measures 13'11'' x 14'3''.

Fine Antique French Savonnerie Rug 8'0" x 8'2''.

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...

78648 Vintage Nepalese Savonnerie Tibetan Rug with Aubusson Design, 05'11 x 09'00. Earth-tone elegance collides with traditional sensibility in this vintage Savonnerie Tibetan rug. T...

This is a vintage European rug woven during the mid-20th century circa 1950 and measures 141 x 72CM in size. It has a highly classical European drawing with golden-colored curling le...

This is a vintage European rug woven during the second quarter of the 20th century circa 1920- 1950 and measures 141 x 72CM in size. It has a high...