19th Century French Napoleon III Period Aubusson Carpet (15'6" x 22'-472 x 671)

19th Century French Aubusson Carpet Napoleon III Period ( 15 x 18' - 457 x 548 )

The looms of Aubusson , southwest of Paris, were able to weave carpets of extraordinary size, and this one is perfect for the grand salon of your chateau. The rose ground displays el...

Early 20th Century French Savonnerie Carpet ( 15'6" x 21' - 472 x 640 )

19th Century French Aubusson Carpet Napoleon III Period 10'10" x 15' - 330 x 457

1071 - Very beautiful French Aubusson carpet from the middle of the 19th century with a beautiful floral design in Empire style, and a beautiful background color green, characteristi...

French Aubusson rug, 19th century Napoleon III Characteristic French Aubusson rug of the late Baroque style. Distinguished by an ivory background, a floral medallion, defined by sinuous Rococo scrolls with elegant ornamentation of flowers, floats majestically on this classical French Aubusson. handwoven by great tapestry artists...

Stunning, grande 19th century French Aubusson rug from the Napoleon III period. The rug is handwoven with a beautiful array of colors ranging from blue/green, teal, rosy pink and bur...

-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...