Unknown Western European Rugs

A green and blue Danish modern rya shag rug, 1960s. 55 by 80 inches

21st C. French Savonnerie style wool carpet. The design is a foliate vine pattern in gold, light green and brown tones on a cream ground. The border has a rust ground with a geometric pattern of alternating stylized wheatsheaf and leaf design. Unmarked. About Savonnerie Carpets: French pile floor covering, usually large, whether made at the Savonnerie workshop or made in that manner and style. The Savonnerie factory (on the site of a former soap factory, hence the name) was established in Paris in 1627 at the Hospice de la Savonnerie at Chaillot by royal order, to provide pile carpets for use in the king’s palaces and as royal gifts. Subject to interruptions from time to time, this shop has provided carpets, seat covers, and similar weavings ever since, at first for the French court and then for government buildings. The patterns are floral and architectural Renaissance conceptions, many based upon paintings and cartoons by the same artists who designed the Gobelins tapestries. In 1826, the enterprises having been combined, the Savonnerie production was moved into the Gobelins workshops, near Paris. The styles of ornamentation have varied with the tastes of the passing reigns and regimes until in recent years the abstract or surrealist creations of modern painters have, in their turn, been reflected in the Savonnerie rugs. The various Savonnerie fashions have exercised a powerful influence upon the patterns of other Western carpet workshops. Dimensions: Approx. 105"l x 87"w Condition: Good, minor fading and discoloration. Shows well. Note: All rugs and carpets...

Archaeologists and scholars consider the roots of needlepoint to have been around 1500 BC. They consider the first needlepoint to include the fine diagonal stitches that were used to...

Needlepoint rugs were created using the traditional needlework weaving technique that is used to make everyday items from furniture to carpets and artwork. However, it has a fascinat...

Savonnerie Carpets – During the early seventeenth century, a weaver named Pierre DuPont traveled to the Levant. Upon his return, he claimed to have discovered the technique of creati...

one of a kind 1 of 1 more info upon request Antique Bessarabian Stylish Floral Design 13'8'' X 5'8''

Antique European Rug 10'9''x8'9'

Antique BESSARABIAN Stylish Floral Design 9'6'' X 4'10''

Antique BESSARABIAN Stylish Botanical Design 11'7'' X 8'4'' one of a kind 1 of 1 ask for more details

Antique BESSARABIAN Stylish Geometric Design 9'7'' X 6'7''

Antique BESSARABIAN Stylish Traditional Design Runner Rug 10' X 5' one of a kind 1 of 1 more information upon ...

Antique Bessarabian Stylish Design 12'0'' X 6'7'' one of a kind 1 of 1 ask for more details

An unusual floor covering made from thousands of tiny teak blocks strung together with wire.

A rather large scale vintage needlepoint rug with a black ground puncuated by alternaing large and small bouquets of multicolored flowers and s...