Oversize French Style Savonnerie Rug Carpet 15'8 x 19'11

French Savonnerie carpets have been produced since the 1600s. The name comes from the French word for soap, 'savon' as they were produced in an area where soap factories were based. ...

Recreation of a Classic French designs using the finest of materials and skilled weavers. This thick plush handwoven rug exudes the feeling of the best in European style and quality....

Recreation of a Classic French designs using the finest of materials and skilled weavers. This thick plush handwoven rug exudes the feeling of the best in European style and quality....

Oversize vintage Spanish rug carpet. A large vintage circa 1950s handwoven rug. The gentle central field with a hatch work pattern is enclosed by a border with a soft red shade to en...

Antique Austrian Savonnerie Rug 11’8" x 15’10". A generic, general term referring to French, English, Spanish, Austrian and other origins, from the 16th century onward, in styles tha...

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...

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 ...

19th Century French Savonnerie Carpet 23' x 23'