French carpet ( Savonnerie ) around 1950 in wool, N° 1231

1043 - Beautiful Aubusson rug savonnerie with pretty patterns and colors and Savonnerie style, entirely knotted in wool velvet on a cotton background.

1074 - Nice size Savonnerie style rug, with beautiful floral design and beautiful colors with red, pink, yellow and green, fully hand tufted with wool pile on a cotton base.

1007 - very beautiful French carpet Aubusson 19th century (Napoleon III).

1044 - 20th century needle carpet, France.

French modern rug around 1940 - n° 1172 Thanks to our Restoration-Conservation workshop and also Our know-how, we are pleased to present to you wo...

19th century Aubusson carpet (napoleon 3) - N 910 Close to the Eiffel Tower, We are a family business specialized in the purchase, sale and expertise of tapestries, carpets, kilims ...

Under the direction of Pierre Dupont and Simon Lourdet carpet production commenced in France in the early 17th Century. In 1608, a workshop was set up in the Louvre, followed by the ...

Under the direction of Pierre Dupont and Simon Lourdet carpet production commenced in France in the early 17th Century. In 1608, a workshop was set up in the Louvre, followed by the ...

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...

French Savonnerie carpet, 1920 France, circa 1920.

Under the direction of Pierre Dupont and Simon Lourdet carpet production commenced in France in the early 17th Century. In 1608, a workshop was set up in the Louvre, followed by the ...

Very beautiful and wonderful 19th century French Savonnerie rug with nice and unusual geometrical design and light colors, very decorative. Maybe Louis XVI style, entirely hand knott...