Early 19th Century French Empire Period Aubusson ( 13 6'' x 16'3'' - 410 x 495 )

Early 19th Century French Empire Period Aubusson Carpet 8' 8" x 12' 6"- 264 x 381

Early 19th Century French 1st Empire Period Aubusson Carpet 13'8" x 14'4" - 417 x 437

Early 19th Century French Empire Period Aubusson Carpet 11' x 12'10" - 335 x 390

Early 19th Century French Savonnerie Carpet from Empire Period (8' x 13' 6" - 243 x 412 cm)

A rare size early 19th century French Aubusson rug. 6'8'' x 7'11''

-French restoration period handwoven antique Aubusson rug, -circa 1830 -wool -290 x 240 cm / 9.5 x 7.87 ft At Boccara Gallery, we have an important collection of Aubusson rugs from the 18th-20th century. 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 16th 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...

A French Aubusson tapestry from the 19th century, depicting several young courtiers spending a leisurely afternoon gaily dancing and carousing within the splendidly maintained verdan...

A 19th century French Aubusson carpet depicting a rooster and a hen in a natural landscape of flowers and trees. Can also be hung as tapestry. ...