Doris Leslie Blau Antique Floral Needlework Carpet

Fine Antique Botanic orange needlework carpet Size: 11'0" × 14'10" (335 × 452 cm) A late 19th century needlework carpet, having a sand ground with whimsical flowering vinery around a...

Mid-20th century floral needlework rug Size: 9'7" × 10'0" (292 × 304 cm) Needlepoint rugs are universally admired for their elegant patterns and high quality piles. Few contemporary ...

During the early seventeenth century, a weaver named Pierre DuPont travelled to the Levant. Upon his return, he claimed to have discovered the technique of creating Turkish rugs. Oriental rugs were extremely expensive during Bourbon times, and a French manufactory that could create the same type of rug would lower the price significantly. Henri VI of France–the reigning monarch at the time–took advantage of DuPont’s skills and established a workshop for him at the Louvre. In 1627, King Louis XIII founded a manufactory for DuPont and his apprentice, Simon Lourdes, on the site of a defunct soap factory in the sixteenth arrondissement (also known as Quai de Chaillot). The name “Savonnerie” was born from the French word “Savon” meaning “soap.” DuPont and Lourdes worked together, weaving rugs under a royal patent for the king and other nobles until they had a falling out and split up. Lourdes remained at the Chaillot location while DuPont went to his workshops in the Louvre, though both continued to make Savonnerie rugs. Antique rugs, French Savonnerie carpet, Beige Floral carpet...

Stunning blues reds and creams sit together woven beautifully to create floral patterns in the central area of this rug, Woven on a brown background. The thick cream outer border is ...