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Place of Origin: European
Neutral Crystal Rug by Gandia Blasco
Located in Geneve, CH
Neutral Crystal Rug by Gandia Blasco Design by MUT Design Dimensions: W 190 x H 260 cm. Materials: 100% wool. Weight: 14.8 kg Passion for life outdoors, a dream come true on the ed...
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2010s Post-Modern European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Vintage Swedish Blue Scandinavian Röllakan Rug
By Ingegerd Silow
Located in Dallas, TX
78264 Vintage Swedish Rollakan Rug, 06'02 x 09'02. This handwoven wool vintage Swedish rollakan rug captures the serene simplicity of Scan...
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Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Bobyrug’s Wonderful Fine Antique French Aubusson Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful and fine Aubusson tapestry with a nice design of the royal court with knights, and very beautiful colors, entirely and finely handwoven with wool and silk, at the famo...
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Early 20th Century Aubusson European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Silk

Vintage Romanian Kilim Rug with Folk Art Cottage Style
Located in Dallas, TX
78014 Vintage Romanian Kilim rug with Folk Art Biophilic Design 08'09 x 12'00.?? Full of tiny details and reflecting elements of nature, this hand-w...
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Late 20th Century Kilim European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Earth-Tone Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Rollakan Rug
By Ingegerd Silow
Located in Dallas, TX
78815 Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Rollakan Rug, 05'06 x 07'08. Ingegerd Silow, a prominent Swedish textile artist, significantly contributed to the traditional Scandinavian craft ...
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Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Small 'Shade' Hand-Loomed Outdoor Rug for Nanimarquina
By Nanimarquina, Begüm Cana Özgür
Located in Glendale, CA
Small 'Shade' Hand-Loomed outdoor rug for Nanimarquina. The 'Shade' collection is inspired by magical moments in nature where colors melt elegantly into one another and speak for ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern European Rugs and Carpets

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Polyester

pretty vintage French screen printed tapestry « bird merchants »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice vintage French screen printed tapestry by hand with beautiful design and beautiful colors. Discover a stunning mid-20th-century tapestry, m...
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Mid-20th Century Aubusson European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Cotton

Antique French Aubusson Rug Hand Woven Aubusson Rug 8x8 Round Rug 244cm x 244cm
Located in New York, NY
Antique French Aubusson Rug Hand Woven Aubusson Rug 8x8 Round Rug 244cm x 244cm "This is a great example of a large round authentic antique French Aubusso...
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1920s Vintage European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Karin Jonsson Vintage Swedish Blue Scandinavian Röllakan Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
79025 Karin Jonsson Vintage Swedish Rollakan Rug, 06'08 x 09'11. This handwoven wool vintage Swedish Scandinavian rollakan rug, a masterwork designed by Karin Jonsson and marked with...
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Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Vintage European Kilim Flatwoven Rug Signed Handmade Tapestry Art Nouveau Rug
Located in New York, NY
Vintage French tapestry handmade tapestry JC Bisery signed "This is a beautiful Vintage European Tapestry, artist signed. This magnificent Flat woven rug has great character, art...
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1970s Art Nouveau Vintage European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Swedish handwoven carpet in pure wool. Rölakan technique. Geometric pattern.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Swedish handwoven carpet in pure wool. Rölakan technique. Geometric pattern in blue, green, white, violet, and pink colors. Mid-20th century. In perfect condition. Dimensions: 212 c...
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Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful vintage French Aubusson style tapestry with a nice design of the women and men of the town near the river inside the wood. and with beautiful colours, entirely woven with w...
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Mid-20th Century Aubusson European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Cotton

Desert Sand Earth Bamboo Carpet by Massimo Copenhagen
Located in Geneve, CH
Desert sand earth bamboo carpet by Massimo Copenhagen Handwoven Materials: 50% New Zealand Wool, 50% Bamboo Dimensions: W 300 x H 400 cm Available colors: Nougat Rose, Cashmere, ...
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2010s Post-Modern European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Bamboo

Tapestry Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Madrid, ES
Tapestry from the Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period , made in 1738 at the Gobelins One panel from a series of Gobelins tapestries depicting the History of Esther, illustrating Esther seated and attended by handmaidens, one washing her feet in golden basin, another fastening a bracelet, another offering a mirror, all observed by Mordecai, woven in the workshop of Michele Audran after a design by J. F. de Troy. The Toilet of Esther c.1778-85.Royal Collection Trust-Queens Audience Chamber Windsor Castle The Sketches for the Esther Cycle by Jean-François de Troy (1736) “and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mor’decai, ..., took for his own daughter.” (Est. 2:7) A supple and undulating genius, both a flattering portraitist and a prolix history painter, as well as a brilliant genre painter, in a gallant or worldly vein, Jean-François de Troy (Paris, 1679 – Rome, 1752), solicited, although he had passed the threshold of old age, a new royal commission up to his ambitions. To obtain it, he submitted – successfully - for the approval of the Bâtiments du roi (administration), seven modelli painted in 1736 with his usual alacrity. Inspired by one of the most novelistic texts of the Old Testament, the Book of Esther, these sketches in a rapid and virtuoso manner were transformed by the artist, between 1737 and 1740 into large cartoons intended to serve as models for the weavers of the Gobelins factory. Showing undeniable ease and skill in the composition in perfect harmony with the sensitivities of the times, the tapestry set met with great success. The Story of Esther perfectly corresponded to the plan of the Bâtiments du roi to renew the repertoire of tapestry models used for the weavers of the royal factories while it also conformed to the tastes of Louis XV’s subjects for a fantastical Orient, the set for a dramatic tale in which splendour, love and death were combined. Indeed, no tapestry set was woven in France during the 18th century as often as that of Esther. The series of modelli painted by de Troy during the year 1736 looks to the history of French painting and decoration under Louis XV as much as it does the history of the Gobelins. It probably counts among the most important rococo pictorial groups to have remained in private hands. First the Biblical source illustrated by De Troy which constitutes the base of one of the richest iconographical traditions of Western art will be considered. Then the circumstances and specific character of French civilisation during the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV which contributed to making the theme of Esther a relevant subject, both attractive to contemporaries and remarkably in line with the sensitivities of the time will be elucidated. An examination of the exceptional series of sketches united here, the cartoons and the tapestries that they anticipate as well as a study of their reception will close this essay. The Book of Esther: A scriptural source at the source of rich iconography. The origin of the Esther tapestry set by Jean-François de Troy – origin and creation of a masterpiece According to the evidence of one of the artist’s early biographers, the chevalier de Valory, author of a posthumous elegy of the master, read at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture on 6 February 1762, it was apparently due to early16 rivalry with François Lemoyne (1688-1737), his younger colleague who had precisely just been appointed First Painter to the King in 1736, that had encouraged François de Troy to seek a commission allowing him to show off his ease and his promptitude at the expense of a rival who was notoriously laborious: “M. De Troy, retaining some resentment of the kind of disadvantage which he believed to have suffered compared with his emulator looked to regain some territory by making use of the facility his rival did not possess. Lemoyne was excessively long in the creation of his works,and M. De Troy of a rare celerity: consequently, with this particular talent, the latter offered to the court to make paintings appropriate to be executed at the Gobelins Factory; and it is to this circumstance that we owe the beautiful series of the Story of Esther, which would be sufficient alone to give him a great reputation.”17 Beyond the suspicion inspired by the topos, which still constitutes, more or less, a tale of rivalries between artists in ancient literature, there is probably some truth in what Valory reports although A.-J. Dezalier d’Argenville (who indicates rather spitefully that de Troy did not hesitate to “cut prices” to impose himself, benefitting from the productivity assured by the unlikely rapidity of his brush)18 proves to be more evasive: “As he looked to busy himself, he had offered to make the paintings that serve as models for the King’s tapestries cheaply: which did not please his colleagues. He was given a choice of two tapestry series to be made and he took the Story of Esther and that of Jason”.19 Whether or not the choice was actually left to de Troy (which would appear rather casual on the royal administration’s part all the same), it seems likely that the artist, whose contemporaries extol his “fire”, as the faculty of invention was then called, must have ardently aspired to the possibility of using on a very large scale the “creative genius” with which Dezallier d’Argenville credits him. The decoration of the private apartments, the fashion for which Louis XV had promoted at Versailles and Fontainebleau, offered little opportunity to excel in this area. Other than painting for altarpieces, only tapestries could allow comparison with Lemoyne who had been granted – unfortunately for him – a major decoration: the enormous ceiling of the Hercules Room at Versailles. Favoured by the recent improvement in France’s financial situation, the revival of patronage offered de Troy a commission fitting for him, in a field in which, however, he had hardly any experience. Anxious to renew the repertoire of models available to the Gobelins factory, the Duc d’Antin, surintendant des Bâtiments du roi from 1708 to 1736 followed by his successor, Philibert Orry comte de Vignory, gave him the task of producing seven large cartoons inspired by the Book of Esther corresponding to the brilliant sketches or modelli which de Troy had produced in one go, or almost (very few preparatory drawings can in fact be linked to the Esther cycle and all seem to be at the execution stage of the cartoons).20 Subjected to the approval of the Administration des Bâtiments according to the procedure in use for projects being planned for the Gobelins, sketches made rapidly during 1736 were approved and the project launched immediately. Thereupon came the news of François Lemoyne’s death, who, ground down by work and a victim of his private torment, committed suicide on 4 June 1737. Against all expectations, de Troy did not replace his rival in the position of First Painter (which remained vacant until the appointment of Charles Coypel in January 1747), which would perhaps have made him too obviously the beneficiary of the drama. The awarding of the position of Director of the French Academy in Rome came to console him while he had already produced (or he was in the process of finishing), in Paris, three of the seven cartoons of the cycle (The Fainting of Esther finished in 1737 and the Toilet and Coronation of Esther, both finished in 1738). De Troy, we can see, did not follow the order of the narrative but began with the subjects which apparently offered the least difficulty because he had already depicted them, or because they fall into a strong pictorial tradition (such is the case especially for the Fainting of Esther). He had hardly settled at the Palazzo Mancini in August 1738, when his first task which awaited the new director of the French Academy naturally consisted of honouring the royal commission and finishing without delay the final cartoons of the Story of Esther after the sketches he must have taken with him. As prompt as ever, de Troy discharged himself of the execution of the four remaining cartoons in only two years, by beginning with the largest format which allowed him to strike the imagination and to impose himself as soon as he arrived on the Roman stage: the Triumph of Mor’decai which was finished in 1739 (like Esther’s Banquet). The following year, the Mor’decai's Disdain and The Sentencing of Haman were brought to an end in the same Neo-Venetian style, obviously tributary to Veronese with its choice of “open” monumental architecture which is characteristic of the entire cycle.21 The series, it should be noted, was almost augmented with some additional scenes in the mid 1740s. Indeed, the first tapestry set finished at the Gobelins in 1744 proved to be unsuitable for the arrangement of the Dauphine’s apartments at Versailles for which it had been intended to decorate the walls the following year (cf infra). Informed of this, de Troy, considering that the story of Esther offered “several good subjects,” immediately offered to illustrate one or new subject among those “which could appear to be the most interesting”. The directeur des Bâtiments Orry, who managed the State’s accounts, obviously judged it less costly to have one of the tapestries widened to fill in the end of the Dauphine’s bedroom,22 which has probably deprived us of very original compositions, because de Troy had already illustrated the most famous themes, those that benefitted from a strongly established iconographical tradition and from which it was not easy to deviate The Tapestry Set of the Story of Esther Placed on the tapestry looms of the Gobelins at the end of the 1730s in Michel Audran’s workshop, the cycle created by de Troy aroused true infatuation. The few hundred tapestries made between 1738 and 1797 – all in high-warp tapestry and woven in wool and silk except for four in low-warp made in Neilson’s workshop – show the impressive success of a tapestry set that was without any doubt the most frequently woven of the 18th century in France. 29 Only three cartoons had been delivered by de Troy in 1738 when the first tapestry set was begun by Audran under the expert eye of Jean-Baptiste Oudry to whom the Directeur général des bâtiments, Philibert Orry had assigned the (weekly) supervision of the weaving. During the summer of 1738, the piece of the Fainting of Esther, which Oudry judged to be admirable, was finished. During the winter of 1742, Oudry informed Orry that about two ells of the Triumph of Mor’decai had been made “with no faults”,that the Coronation of Esther was finished and that the Esther at her Toilet “a very gracious tapestry” was “a little over half” finished. Exhibited at Versailles in 1743, these two last pieces were admired by Louis XV and the Court. On 3 December 1744, the set of seven tapestries was finally delivered to the Garde Meuble. It was intended, the honour was not slight, to decorate the apartments of the Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain whose marriage to the young Dauphin Louis-Ferdinand had been fixed for the following year (it took place on 23 February 1745). Apparently it was thought that the theme of Esther the biblical heroine and wife of a foreign sovereign was appropriate for the apartments of the Spanish Dauphine. As early as the month of March, the architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel informed de Troy that her grand cabinet was decorated with the “Esther tapestry set” specifying however that “for lack of two small or one large piece, we have not been able to decorate the end of the room”. This difficulty led immediately to the Banquet episode being woven a second time in two parts (they were delivered to the Garde-Meuble on 30 December 1746) to garnish the panels on each side of the bed of the Dauphine who would hardly enjoy them (she died on 22 July 1746 and the decoration was installed for the new Dauphine Maria Josepha of Saxony). The appearance of the set’s remarkable border, which imitated a richly sculpted wooden frame, should be mentioned. Conceived in 1738 by the ornamentalist Pierre Josse-Perrot and used in the later weavings until 1768, it tended to reinforce the resolutely painterly appearance of the tapestry set which, in this regard, pushed the art of tapestry as far as its ultimate mimetic possibilities. With the exception of Mor’decai's Disdain which had been removed earlier, the “editio princeps” of the story of Esther (from then on in nine pieces) remained at Versailles until the Revolution. Of the eight surviving tapestries, four are at the chateau of Compiègne and four belong today to the Mobilier National. No less than seven tapestry sets reputed to be complete (one of them in fact only had six tapestries) would be produced officially at the Gobelins up to 1772. Literature: 1- The Œuvres mêlées of an emulator of Racine, the Abbé Augustin NADAL thus include an Esther. Divertissement spiritual which is exactly contemporary with Jean François de Troy’s cycle since it was performed in 1735 and published in Paris three years later. 2-Le Siècle de Louis XIV, 1751, 1785 ed., p. 96-97 for French ed. 3- Lemoyne and de Troy had been obliged to share the First Prize in the competition organised in 1727 between the most prominent history painters of the Académie Royale. 4- Mémoires…, pub. L. DUSSIEUX et al., 1854, II, p.265. 5-The fact that de Troy, at the risk of falling out with his colleagues, did not hesitate to make use of prices in order to convince the new directeur des Bâtiments Philibert Orry, is confirmed by Mariette who adds tersely “it caused much shouting” (pub. 1851-1860, II, p. 103). 6- Abrégé de la vie des plus fameux peintres…, ed. 1762, IV, p. 368-369 20 Early comments on the painter are inclined to present him as a kind of “pure painter”, doing without the medium of drawing, a few intermediary studies between the Esther sketches and the large cartoons at the Louvre nevertheless show that de Troy used red chalk (see in the catalogue, the notice for the Meal of Esther and Ahasuerus under the entry drawing) to change one or other figure. 7-C. GASTINEL-COURAL (cat. exp. PARIS, 1985, p. 9-13) as well as the article by J. VITTET, exh. cat. LA ROCHE-GUYON, 2001, p. 51-55. 8-The Hermitage in St. Petersburg conserves five tapestries of these two royal gifts whose provenance still awaits elucidation (as far as we are aware). In 1766, the Grand Marshal of Russia, Count Razumovski (or Razamowski), acquired the Fainting and the Banquet extracted from the sixth weaving (J. VITTET, 2001, p. 53). 9- Lettres écrites de Suisse, d’Italie…,quoted by J. VITTET, op. cit., p. 54. 10-The tapestry set remained in the hands of a branch of the Hapsburg-Lorraine family until 1933 (ibid. P. 54). 11-Quoted by Chr. LERIBAULT, 2002, p. 97, note 269. 12-Y. CANTAREL-BESSON, 1992, p. 241. Catalogue The Esther at her Toilet Oil on canvas, 57 x 51 cm Provenance: Painted in 1736 at the same time as the six other modelli of the Story of Esther intended to be presented, for approval, to the direction des Bâtiments du Roi; perhaps identifiable among a lot of sketches by Jean-François de Troy in the post mortem inventory of the amateur, historian and critic Claude-Henri Watelet (1718-1786) drawn up on 13 January 1786 and following days (A.N. T 978, n° 30) then in the sale of the property of the deceased, Paris, 12 June 1786, n° 33; Paris, François Marcille Collection (who owned a series of six sketches from which the Triumph of Mor’decai was missing, see infra); Paris, Marcille Sale, Hôtel Drouot, 12-13 January 1857, n° 36; Asnières, Mme de Chavanne de Palmassy ( ?) collection; Paris, Galerie Cailleux; Paris, Humbert de Wendel collection (acquired from the Galerie Cailleux in 1928); by inheritance in the same family; Paris, Sotheby’s, 23 June 2011, n° 61. In order not to add unnecessarily to the technical commentary on each work, the catalogue raisonné by Chr. Leribault which contains a substantial bibliography on the series should be referred to. The other bibliographical references only concern the publications and exhibitions to have appeared and been presented more recently. Bibliography and Exhibitions: Chr. LERIBAULT, 2002, n° P. 247 (repr.); E. LIMARDO DATURI, 2004, p. 28; Exh. cat. NANTES, 2011, p. 138, n° 34, referred to in note 1; Sotheby’s catalogue, Tableaux anciens et du XIXe siècle, 23 June 2011, n° 61 (repr.). Related Works: Tapestry cartoon: The cartoon (oil on canvas, 329 x 320 cm), the third made by the artist in Paris after the sketches had been approved by the direction des Bâtiments, is in the Louvre (Inv. 8315). It previously bore the painter’s signature and the date 1738 (inscriptions which are found on the tapestries). The royal administration paid 1600 livres for it on 21 June 1738 and it was exhibited at the Salon in the year of its creation. Summary Biography 1679 (27 January): Baptism in Paris (Parish of St. Nicolas du Chardonnet) of Jean-François de Troy, son of the painter François de Troy and Jeanne Cotelle, sister of the painter Jean II Cotelle. 1696-1698: Studies (apparently rather turbulent) at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. 1698-1708: First trip to Italy. Is obliged to leave Rome in January 1711 after a tempestuous affair (a duel?), de Troy extends the traditional Roman experience as a pensionnaire at the Académie de France by also visiting Tuscany where he stays for a long time, Venice (his art in face has a strongly Venetian character) and Genoa. 1708: De Troy (whose father had been elected Director of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture on 7 July) is agréé and immediately received at the Académie with Apollo and Diana Piercing with their Arrows the Children of Niobe (Montpellier, Musée Fabre) on 28 July. 1710: First royal commission, paid for on 10 May (a sketch representing “the Promotion of the Order of the Holy Spirit” for the tapestry series of the History of the King). 1716: Jean-François de Troy is elected Assistant Professor at the Academy. 1720: He is appointed Professor. 1723: The artist creates the double portrait of Louis XV...
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Early 18th Century Baroque Antique European Rugs and Carpets

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Silk, Wool

Pretty Vintage French screen printed Tapestry by hand.  « hunting meeting »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Discover the elegance of this mid-century French screen printed tapestry by hand featuring the exquisite design of the renowned medieval tapestry, "Rendez vous de chasse » ( hunting...
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Mid-20th Century Medieval European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Cotton

Antique Aubusson Rug in Yellow and Pink with Floral Medallion - Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
This 7x10 antique Aubusson rug is an exciting new addition to Rug & Kilim’s European rug collection—a masterpiece of the French Neoclassical flatweave style, handwoven in wool and be...
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1910s Aubusson Vintage European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Nani Marquina & Elisa Padrón 'Tres' Outdoor Rug in Green
By Nani Marquina, Nani Marquina & Elisa Padrón
Located in Tilburg, NL
Nani Marquina & Elisa Padrón 'Tres' Outdoor Rug. Current production, Spain. Tres Outdoor aims to transfer the warmth of the iconic Tres collection to the outdoor world. Made from...
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21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern European Rugs and Carpets

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Plastic

Midcentury Abstract Design Geometric Rug / Carpet, 1970s / Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- around 1960s - Czechoslovakia - original and very good condition - very well preserved, cleaned jr.
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Rugs and Carpets

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Synthetic

1950's Pink Evy Svensson Scandinavian Swedish Röllakan Rug
By Evy Svensson
Located in Dallas, TX
79045 Evy Svensson Vintage Swedish Rollakan Rug, 05'08 x 07'09. This handwoven wool vintage Swedish rollakan rug, designed by the talented textile artist ...
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Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful vintage French Aubusson style tapestry with a nice design . and with beautiful colours, entirely woven with wool And cotton on Jacquard looms ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome o...
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Mid-20th Century Aubusson European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Cotton

Kerstin Persson Vintage Swedish Scandinavian Röllakan Rug, 04'05 x 06'09
By Kerstin Persson
Located in Dallas, TX
79049 Kerstin Persson Vintage Swedish Rollakan Rug, 04'05 x 06'09. This exquisite handwoven wool vintage Swedish rollakan rug, bearing the initials KP in the lower corner, is a testa...
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Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Pretty Mid Century French Aubusson style Jacquard Tapestry, « by Goya »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very pretty mid century french Aubusson style tapestry with beautiful design from the painter « Francisco de Goya (1775-1792) for the royal manufactury of Tapestry » Tapestry crafte...
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Mid-20th Century Aubusson European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Cotton

French Artist carpet or Rug from the Aubusson factory - 220x153 - No. 1516
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Paris, FR
This magnificent rug, having benefited from a deep cleaning and a meticulous check by our artisan workshop, is now ready to adorn your interior! Located a stone's throw from the Eif...
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1910s Art Nouveau Vintage European Rugs and Carpets

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Mid-Century Ege Rya Danish Modern Wool Rug, New Old Stock, Heritage Line
By Ege Denmark
Located in Decatur, GA
Amazing mid-century Danish modern Ege Rya wool area rug. Traditional modern Scandinavian motif in hues of red, green, yellow, white and black. Red tones are rich and lean towards crimson. The yellow tones are a vibrant harvest gold...
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1970s Scandinavian Modern Vintage European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Antique Swedish Rug with an Art Deco Design
Located in New York, NY
In 1910, a Swedish masterpiece emerged: an 8x11'6 rug intertwining Twine and Apricot Orange hues within an art deco design that celebrates tradition and creativity. Its rectangular s...
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Early 20th Century European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Swedish Rag Rug
Located in Boden, SE
A fantastically Swedish Rag Rug in beautiful color & pattern. Handwoven in Boden Northern Sweden . The rug is freshly washed. Vintage & antique Swedish Rag Rug...
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Mid-20th Century Country European Rugs and Carpets

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Cotton

Modern Memphis Style Irregular Shape Green Rug Hand-Tufted Circle Pattern
By Hommes Studio
Located in Porto, PT
Tapis Shaped 67 is a mid-century modern rug in green, gray, and black, the perfect color combination for timeless interiors. With a round shape, this mid-century modern rug in trend...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern European Rugs and Carpets

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Natural Fiber

Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Swedish Flatweave
By Märta Måås-Fjetterström
Located in London, GB
c 1950's Wool H306 x W201 cm
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Mid-20th Century European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Bobyrug’s Antique Religious Embroidery
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Late 19th century French religious embroidery, charity embroidery, entirely hand embroidered with metal on velvet. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of...
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Late 19th Century Aubusson Antique European Rugs and Carpets

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Metal

Kandinsky Wassily Denmark Ege Art Line Tappeto Design 1980’s
By (after) Wassily Kandinsky, Ege Art Line
Located in Taranto, IT
Kandinsky, Wassily (1866-1944) Tapestry “Small Worlds I”, tufted wool after a work from 1922, sign./dat., on verso with adhesive label “EGE AXMINISTER A...
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1980s Post-Modern Vintage European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

1970s Stunning Space Age Rug in Wool. Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Stunning space age rug with an awesome design. Pure wool made in Italy. It's excellent condition. The rug has been professionally washed and disinfected and is ready for use. ...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Bauhaus Carpet by Antonin Kybal, 1930s
By Antonín Kybal 1
Located in Praha, CZ
Rare Bauhaus carpet by Antonin Kybal designed in 1930s. Measures: 557cm x 137cm Professionally cleaned.
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1930s Bauhaus Vintage European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

French carpet from the Royal Aubusson factory - 1m10x1m00 - Tapestry No. 917
By Royal Manufacture of Aubusson
Located in Paris, FR
A deux pas de la Tour Eiffel Nous sommes une entreprise familiale spécialisée dans l'achat, la vente et la location de voitures. expertise de tapisseries, tapis, kilims et textiles a...
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1830s Aubusson Antique European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Silk

Victor Vasarely, Hand Signed Original Tapestry
By Victor Vasarely
Located in Geneve, CH
Victor Vasarely (1906-1997). Panderlak,  circa 1983 Measures: 120 x 72 cm Hand signed and numbered on the back, edition of 320. Victor Vasarely, whose original name was Gyözö ...
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1980s Modern Vintage European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Bobyrug’s Beautiful Vintage Aubusson Style French Jaquar Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Pretty vintage Aubusson style tapestry with beautiful gallant design at beach with beautiful colors, woven with wool and cotton with mechanical Jaquar manufacturing. ✨✨✨ "Experience...
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Mid-20th Century Aubusson European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Cotton

1950's Mid-Century Swedish Scandinavian Röllakan, Signed LK
By Barbro Lundberg Nilsson
Located in Dallas, TX
79032 Vintage Swedish Rollakan Rug, 05'07 x 07'03. This handwoven wool vintage Swedish rollakan rug, bearing the initials "LK" in the lower corner, is a testament to the artistry and...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Bobyrug’s Beautiful Little 18th Century French Needlepoint Fragment Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice little French needlepoint tapestry with beautiful floral design and nice natural colors, entirely hand embroidered with needlepoint method with wool. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitom...
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Late 18th Century Aubusson Antique European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Circular Moon Figurative Carpet Hand Knotted Wool India Round Rug Design Italy
By Barberini & Gunnell
Located in Ancona, Marche
“Moon” is a unique handmade example. This rug, hand-knotted with a high knot density, is available in New Zealand Wool, Tencel and Bamboo Silk in different pile heights cut with scis...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Natural Fiber

Vintage Spanish Handmade Geometric Beige Wool Rug
Located in Norwalk, CT
Beautiful vintage Spanish hand-knotted wool rug with the beige and goldenrod field. This Spanish rug has green and red accents in an all-over geometric pattern design. This rug m...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Colonial European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Vintage Swedish Flat-Weave Rug Röllakan Geometric Design in Shades of Brown
Located in Bochum, NRW
Vintage Swedish Flat-Weave Rug Röllakan Geometric Design in Shades of Brown, Sweden 1980s. Genuine Röllakan made of wool, hand-woven, the soft sienna field features an outline geomet...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Mid 20th Century Swedish Rya Carpet ( 8' x 11'6" - 245 x 350 cm )
Located in New York, NY
Mid 20th Century Swedish Rya Carpet ( 8' x 11'6" - 245 x 350 cm )
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Barbro Nilsson for AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström 'Salerno' Carpet
By Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Lundberg Nilsson
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Barbro Nilsson for AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, carpet, model ‘Salerno’, wool on linen warp, Sweden, design 1948 Exceptional hand-woven, blue-toned carpet designed by the celebrated Swedish textile designer Barbro Nilsson in 1948. The Salerno rug was specially commissioned to honor a tragic incident. In 1947, a cargo plane crashed near Scala, a small town located north of the historic city of Salerno in Italy's Monti Latteri region. The aircraft carried twenty-five Swedish Air Force pilots, and despite the valiant efforts of Italian locals, only four of them managed to survive. The Swedish Government commissioned the MMF workshop to create a commemorative rug, which would be presented as a gift to the chapel of the hospital in Scala, where the survivors received medical care. This particular piece was woven from blue wool, accented by brown sections. Within the vertical pattern details of the rug, one can discern hints of brown, blue, and yellow. These elements symbolize small airplanes, while the triangular sections evoke Italy's mountains. The blue hues in the rug represent the sea. These motifs, coupled with the serene composition and subtle colors of the carpet, transform this national tragedy into something profoundly touching and beautiful. As with all her designs, Nilsson wove her initials ‘B N’ and AB MMF (meaning AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström) at the edge of the carpet. Barbro Nilsson (1889- 1983), née Lundberg, was a Swedish textile designer from Malmö, Sweden. In 1904 her family moved to Stockholm where her father, Carl T. Lundberg, was the manager of the department store ‘Nordiska Kompaniet’(NK). At the age of fourteen, Nilsson started her education in weaving and textile design at the Brunssons Vävskola that was founded by Johanna Brunsson in 1843. Nilsson continued her education at the ‘Tekniska Skolan’ (technical academy) in Stockholm where she enriched her skills in weaving even further. In 1928 she married to the sculptor Robert Nilsson...
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1940s Scandinavian Modern Vintage European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Linen

Italian Vintage Rug Mat by G.T. Design
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
S/28 - One of the first rug mats by G.T. Design, dating back to the late 1980s. Now in liquidation (its true cost of many years ago) because I'm closing activities.
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Late 20th Century Modern European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Cotton

Vintage Old Bessarabian Kilim Rug, Moldovan Moldavian Romanian Bulgarian Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Vintage Old Bessarabian Kilim Rug from Moldova with a rare and beautiful color composition. Today it is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordering Romania and Ukrai...
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Late 20th Century Kilim European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Natural Fiber

Bobyrug’s Wonderful Fine Antique French Aubusson Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful and fine Aubusson tapestry with a nice design of royal Court with knights, and very beautiful colors, entirely and finely handwoven with wool and silk, at the famous B...
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Early 20th Century Aubusson European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Silk

Missoni Post-Modern Striped Rug, circa 1980, Italy, Signed
By Missoni, Missoni Home
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Attention interior designers, this is the large rug you need for that high-profile cover-worthy room you're working on. This signed Missoni rug is from the 1980s Italy and in an oh-s...
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1980s Post-Modern Vintage European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Mid-Century Modern Swedish Blue Scandinavian Röllakan, 06'01 x 09'08
By Barbro Lundberg Nilsson
Located in Dallas, TX
79041 Vintage Swedish Rollakan Rug, 06'01 x 09'08. This handwoven wool vintage Swedish rollakan rug embodies the essence of Scandinavian Modern style with its minimalist charm and ti...
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Mid-20th Century Bohemian European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Wonderful early 20th century French Aubusson Tapestry medieval tapestry design
By Royal Manufacture of Aubusson
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful antique Aubusson tapestry with a nice design featuring a medieval and gothic design featuring a garden with animals, with beautiful colours, with blue, green , brown, ...
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Early 20th Century Aubusson European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Silk

Bobyrug’s Pretty antique French Aubusson Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very pretty mid century french Aubusson tapestry with beautiful design of a flowerpot with nice colours in a black background. Entirely handwoven with wool and silk on cotton foundat...
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Mid-20th Century Aubusson European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Silk

Mano Chrome Rug by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
Located in Geneve, CH
Mano chrome rug by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac Dimensions: W 170 x H 240 cm Materials: wool Dimension customization is possible for bigger format only. Jean-Charles de Castelb...
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2010s Post-Modern European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Contemporary Abstract Shape Rug with Surrealist Motifs Black & White in Wool
By Hommes Studio
Located in Porto, PT
Tapis Shaped #029 also known as Ray Rug is an avant-garde piece by HOMMÉS Studio x TAPIS Studio. Part of our Shaped Collection that is perfect for an irreverent interior look, from t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern European Rugs and Carpets

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Natural Fiber, Synthetic, Wool

Brita Svefors Vintage Swedish Röllakan Rug, 06'05 x 09'03
By Brita Svefors
Located in Dallas, TX
79027 Brita Svefors Vintage Swedish Rollakan Rug, 06'05 x 09'03. This handwoven wool vintage Swedish Scandinavian rollakan rug named "Opal" is a testament to the artistic ingenuity o...
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Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Customizable ClassiCon Centimetre Rug in Hand Knotted Wool by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
Eileen Gray created not only some of the most important furniture classics of the 20th century but also had her own studio where rugs were produced according to her designs: masterpieces of abstract textile art made of 100% pure new wool, hand knotted and processed to the highest quality. Designed for the Salon of the Villa E1027, the Centimetre Rug...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Blue Aubusson Rug, Extra Large Wool Tapestry Rug, Handmade Carpet Blush Pink Rug
Located in Wembley, GB
Featuring intricately woven motifs and emblems on a mixture of beige and light blue backgrounds through the centre. A highly detailed layered blush pink border encloses the handmade ...
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Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Cotton, Organic Material

Doris Leslie Blau Vintage European Aqua-blue Handmade Wool Rug
Located in New York, NY
Vintage European Aqua-blue Handmade Wool Carpet Size: 8'11" × 13'3" (271 × 403 cm) A mid 20th century European vintage rug, the open turquoise field with a spacious ivory design of a...
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Mid-20th Century Arts and Crafts European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Bobyrug’s Beautiful Little Antique Aubusson Flat Rug Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exquisite late 19th-century Aubusson tapestry/rug from the Napoleon III period. Featuring a stunning floral design in vibrant colors, including a pink-orange field, and accents of pi...
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Late 19th Century Aubusson Antique European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Cotton, Silk

Djoharian Collection Vibrant Antique Bessarabian Kilim Rug Flatweave Carpet
Located in Lohr, Bavaria, DE
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 70 years and never walked on...
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1940s Baroque Vintage European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Handmade Carpet Rare Antique Rugs, English Axminster Art Deco Rug
Located in Wembley, GB
Antique English Axminster handmade carpet is very famous as English designer rug in excellent condition, circa 1880s. This red rug is kind of traditional patterned rugs has a most elegant design with attractive color combinations. And is a very good idea as a large living room rugs or dining room rugs. These large area rugs have very highly recommended by the interior designer as a luxury rug. And getting more attention in the Oriental rug store by clients. Handmade carpet rare antique rugs...
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1880s Art Deco Antique European Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Cotton, Organic Material

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