20th Century Brown Yellow Blu Geometric Giacomo Balla Limited Italian Rug, 1987

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...

The new taste of furniture introduced in the early years of the twentieth century also involves carpets, which must be combined with furniture and upholstery. European production of ...

• Carpet made to the original design of artist Giacomo Balla, one of the leading exponents of Italian Futurism. The drawing dates from the 1930s and is titled "Flowers + Space," sign...

A vintage Anatolian Turkish rug mat with a brown field, cotton accents in electric blue, pink, teal, green, turquoise and orange Measures: 2'2' x 3'11".