20th Century Art Deco Hand-Knotted Savonerie Square Rug Wool Brown Floral

The term Savonerie identifies a series of carpets knotted with Turkish knot and adorned with floral designs, made in Europe in various manufactories. The most famous and the one that gives the name to these carpets was settled in Paris in an ancient soap factory. Its foundation was an attempt by France in the seventeenth century to reproduce the expensive oriental carpets, but the main feature of these carpets is the Western style decor, which introduced an absolute novelty in the furnishings of the time. The productions of Savonerie over the years have become multiple, the most popular in addition to the French are the Spanish and Austrian. They were manufactories created specifically to produce large carpets intended for sumptuous noble palaces. Since the end of the 19th century many manufactories have also begun to produce carpets of different sizes, always with a decoration dictated by a Western style furniture...

Irish carpets have a long and proud tradition. Their most famous carpets come from a city called Donegal in Ireland. Over the years Donegal Carpets has become a trademark of handmade...

This European Savonnerie Rug has been hand-knotted in late 19th century in France. Owned by Coca-Cola magnate Robert W. Woodruff between 1948 until the late 1980s at his Windcrofte e...

This hand-knotted wool Antique Chinese Art Deco rug features a floral design with black hues on a brown background and a navy blue frame. This rug measures 8' x 9'7".