19th Century Au Petit Point Rug - N° 883

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...

"Au Petit point" Rug of the royal manufacture of Aubusson of the 19th century. Representation of a painting outline with multiple ornamentation of flowers. Reinforcement by a fabri...

-Mid-19th Century Napoleon III Period Handwoven Antique Aubusson Wool & -Material: wool & silk -Dimensions: 155 x 144 cm; 5.1 x 4.7 ft Boccara Gallery has an important collection of Aubusson rugs from the XVIIIth to the XXth centuries. 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 sixteenth 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...

AUBUSSON tapestry made of wool decorated with children playing Late 19th century, early 20th century 260 x 245 cm very good condition