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Antique French Savonnerie Rug Hand Knotted Carpet Ivory 4' x 7' Circa 1920 "This is a magnificent Antique French Savonnerie rug from 1920. It has a flowing floral trip...

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13'x20' Antique Rare Antique European Donegal Rare Arts & Crafts rug Art Deco Rug Art Nouveau Handmade Rug "This is an exquisite, rare size antique...

Rare Authentic Antique French Aubusson Rug Handwoven Rug Handmade Rug Rare Size 13x16 12x15 Rug Rose Beige 1920 12'5" x 15'5" 379cm x 470cm "This is a great exampl...

Antique French Aubusson Rug Hand Woven Aubusson Rug 8x8 Round Rug 244cm x 244cm "This is a great example of a large round authentic antique French Aubusso...

Antique French Aubusson Rug Hand Woven 1880 6x7ft Rare Design 178cm x 206cm "This is a great example of an authentic antique French Aubusson rug. This is a very fine, flat woven pie...

73397 Antique French Savonnerie Palace Size Rug with Rococo and Chintz Style 17'00 x 21'00. Drawing inspiration from Mario Buatta and Chintz style, this antique French Savonnerie pal...

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...

Antique Savonnerie Rug Size: 12'10" × 21'3" (391 × 647 cm) A mid 19th century Savonnerie antique rug, the finely-striped black field with an allover-design of overblown curving leaves and delicate floral sprays around a central medallion within a lush cream border with vases and flowery bouquets. The Savonnerie European Rugs factory, located on the site of the present Musee d’Art Moderne, inherited its name from the soap making factory it took over at the behest of Louis XIII. From 1660 until 1743 Savonnerie was a manufacture royale, carrying out commissions for French Savonnerie rugs and carpets specifically designed for the Royal Palaces. In the 1770’s, the tapestry looms at Aubusson in the Creuze Valley near Limoges were converted to produce flat-woven rugs for sale and carpets under royal warrant. No one knows precisely when European rugs weaving began in this area, but it is certain that tapestries were first woven there long before the Gothic era.

Oversized antique Spanish Savonnerie rug Size: 14'8" × 22'0" (447 × 670 cm) A neoclassical early 20th century Spanish Savonnerie carpet, the pinkish camel field with laurel vines and...

Oversized Savonnerie Antique Beige Handmade Wool Rug Size: 15'0" × 19'9" (457 × 601 cm) Savonnerie was the most prestigious European manufactory of knotted-pile French Savonnerie carpets. Primarily its style broadly imitated Persian models but soon settled into more purely French designs, pictorial or armorial framed medallions, densely massed flowers in bouquets or leafy rinceaux against deep blue, black or deep brown grounds, within multiple borders. The oversized area rugs...

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...