Rare Antique French Savonnerie Gallery Rug, Beige Field, circa 1930s

This heavy, thick pile European carpet shows offset rows of sketchy floral bouquets on a beige ground. No linear border, but a line of beaded acanthus fronds instead. Restricted pale...

The sienna brown field shows a shadow pattern of rosettes, sharp leaves and curving stems, set within a beige border of semi-abstract flowers and stems. Floral bouquets in the corner...

In a French Rococo style, the eggshell field is pointed at one end and shaped by oblique corners and a re-entrant half-cartouche. Small oval medallion with pale straw sub-medallion and mauve-pink border with grasses and flowers. Coarse weave, thick pile. French, or maybe Spanish or Austrian. Good condition. Hotel lobby carpet...

In a rare size, this tapestry-woven French antique could be used on the floor or as a wall hanging. The ivory field shows a hanging bouquet amid swags at one end and a larger rose bu...

Not you usual Sarouk ,but a totally urban weaving executed with a centralized, four section palmette design on a creamy ecru ground,with accents in rust, navy and green. Well balance...

Made for someone initialled SJ in the central barbed and rounded diamond, of nine red ones overall. The other medallions d show linked acanthus cruciform patterns with four radiating...

Antique European Savonnerie rug from France. The rug is from the beginning of 20th century in original good condition. The rug made in wool. - Cond...

This coarsely knotted piece shows a colorful rose wreath on the sand ground. Additional roses decorate the teal inner border. Detail tones include lemon, goldenrod,off white, red, me...

Antique European Savonnerie rug from Spain. The rug is from the beginning of 20th century in original good condition. The rug made in wool. -Conditi...

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...

The madder red field features an allover pattern of laurel wreaths surrounding either complex rosettes or leaf and star arrays. The burnt apricot and camel border displays tight flor...

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...