Antique Oversize Napoleon III French Aubusson Carpet in Beige and Rose Red

A rare and beautiful Savonnerie carpet woven in a Viennese workshop at around the turn of the century, delicately decorated by tone-on-tone pastel motifs in the romantic floral style...

A fine wool rug woven in the Hereke workshops in Turkey, decorated in the French Aubusson style. French decors were extremely fashionable among the turn-of-the-century Turkish High S...

Aubusson rugs that were woven after the Restauration period distinguish themselves by a richer palette, as well as for employing architectural motifs often inspired by the ceiling decorations...

The prestigious Savonnerie rugs woven at Aubusson have always been synonymous of antique French textile art. These find their best expression in the age of Napoleon, the First Empire...

Period: 19th century Style: Napoleon III Condition: Perfect condition Material: Wool & silk Length: 380 cm Width: 315 cm Depth: 1 cm This magnificent rug, having benefited from a de...

Period: 19th century - around 1860 Origin: Aubusson, FRANCE Style: Napoleon III Condition: Perfect condition (Cleaned, Lined in our workshop) Material: Wool & Silk Width: 2m65 Length...

Magnificent Authentic Antique French Aubusson Rare Brown 10x12 1870 Handwoven 10x12 C.1870 "This is a magnificent pre-1900 antique Napoleon III French Aubusson. It has a soft blue background and beautiful bold design"-Antique Rug Collection Size 10' x 12' Serial ID # 10734k Design French Aubusson Origin France Age Circa 1870 Category Antique Pattern Floral Material 100% Hand woven wool Foundation Material Cotton Color Brown, Black, Ivory, Pink, Red, Yellow, Green Quality Fine Condition Great Condition Consistent With Age and History, old restorations, Overall Magnificent Piece to Last for Generations History~ Carpet production in France almost came to a complete halt during the turmoil of the French Revolution. The revolutionaries felt that woven carpets were luxury items affordable only by the nobility. Existing carpets, especially those commissioned by Louis XIV for the Grande Galerie, were used by the Directoire for themselves, after cutting out any royal emblems...

-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...