Although the production of authentic Aubusson textiles and other furniture is based in Aubusson, France, and at just a handful of small weaving workshops in nearby Felletin, the exceptionally detailed tapestries are renowned throughout the world as wall hangings, carpets and upholstery for a range of seating including sofas and armchairs.
Aubusson’s centuries-old tapestry production industry was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009 by UNESCO, affirming its importance in European decorative arts. The complex and labor-intensive process of weaving images involves hand-dyed wool to achieve specific hues, giving landscapes, scenes and floral patterns a distinctive realism.
Dating back at least to the 16th century, the Aubusson style has changed over time, with early work influenced by Turkish rugs that were popular with the European elite before the rise of the Italian Renaissance with its natural motifs. In 1665, the Aubusson workshops received the Manufacture Royale title, raising their visibility in France and beyond during the 17th century, with many authentic Aubusson tapestries produced for royal palaces and other prominent residences.
In the 18th century, the design of Aubusson textiles reflected the fad for chinoiserie. During the Arts and Crafts movement of the late 19th century, artisans from Aubusson were involved with the Old Windsor Tapestry Manufactory in England. In the 20th century, now-iconic artists such as Alexander Calder and Joan Miró worked with Aubusson weavers on pieces.
The Cité Internationale de la Tapisserie complex, which features a museum, opened in 2016 in Aubusson to recognize and preserve this heritage.
Find a collection of authentic Aubusson rugs and carpets, pillows, wall decorations and other furniture on 1stDibs.
Nice 17th century Aubusson tapestry fragment , antique monument
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
17th-Century Aubusson Tapestry Fragment – Wool and Silk Exceptional 17th-century French Aubusson tapestry fragment, finely woven in a combination of wool and silk. The tapestry dep...
Wool, Silk
Nice Antique French Aubusson tapestry «landscape with bird»
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Mid-20th-Century Aubusson Tapestry — Verdure Bleue. A finely handwoven Aubusson tapestry from the mid-20th century, entitled Verdure Bleue, the tapestry is woven in a sophisticated ...
Wool, Silk
Nice Antique French Aubusson tapestry «landscape »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Mid-20th Century Aubusson Tapestry – Handwoven Wool & Silk Beautiful mid-20th century Aubusson tapestry, finely handwoven in wool and silk, depicting a charming pastoral woodland la...
Wool, Silk
Nice Midcentury French Aubusson Style Jacquard Halluin Tapestry «Verdure Mallard
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exceptional mid-20th-century French tapestry woven on Jacquard looms in Halluin stitch with wool and cotton. .The "verdure" genre was very popular in the 17th century and gave rise t...
Wool, Cotton
Nice Antique French Aubusson tapestry «landscape»
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Early 20th Century Aubusson Tapestry – Pastoral Landscape with Floral Border A beautiful Aubusson tapestry featuring a richly detailed pastoral landscape in warm, earthy tones. The...
Wool, Silk
Nice Midcentury French Aubusson Style Jacquard Halluin Tapestry «Verdure Mallard
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exceptional mid-20th-century French tapestry woven on Jacquard looms in Halluin stitch with wool and cotton. .The "verdure" genre was very popular in the 17th century and gave rise t...
Wool, Cotton
Nice Midcentury French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry « landscape »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful mid-20th-century French tapestry woven on Jacquard looms with wool, and cotton . .The "verdure" genre was very popular in the 17th century and gave rise to sumptuous tapes...
Wool, Cotton
Nice large Antique French Aubusson tapestry "landscape with fox hunting"
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
19th Century Aubusson Tapestry – Fox Hunting Scene in the 18th Century Style A fine 19th century Aubusson tapestry, woven in the style of the celebrated French tapestries of the 18t...
Wool, Silk
1990s Handcrafted French Aubusson Wool Rug In Pale Yellow with Floral Design
Located in Norwalk, CT
This exquisite vintage Aubusson flatweave rug, meticulously handcrafted from high-quality wool, showcases a soft pale yellow field that creates a striking backdrop. Its surface is el...
Wool
nice mid century jacquard Aubusson style tapestry.
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
.Mid-Century Aubusson-Style Jacquard Tapestry – Wool & Cotton Beautiful mid-20th-century Jacquard tapestry in the Aubusson style, woven in a refined and richly detailed European dec...
Wool, Cotton
Wonderful 17th century French Aubusson tapestry "samson and Dalila history"
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
17th-Century Aubusson Tapestry – Samson and Delilah A beautiful 17th-century Aubusson tapestry depicting the biblical story of Samson and Delilah. The central scene shows Samson re...
Wool, Silk
$1,170Sale Price|25% Off
8'9"x12' Ivory Aubusson with Botanical Repetitive Design Hand Woven Wool Rug
Located in Carlstadt, NJ
Oyster White, Aubusson with Botanical Repetitive All Over Design,100% Wool, Hand Woven, Oriental Rug Primary materials: Wool Latex: No Pile height: 0.25 Inches Style: Traditional Pr...
Wool
Large vintage French Aubusson style Jacquard Tapestry « Hunting with hounds »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Discover the timeless elegance of this exquisite vintage French tapestry featuring a hunting with hounds scene. A noble pastime and a favorite pastime of the great men of the time,...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Nice modern French Aubusson Tapestry by Bluteau "matinal"
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Vintage 20th-century wall aubusson tapestry featuring a striking modernist design. A bold and dynamic composition with vibrant contrasting colors including shades of blue, black, gre...
Wool, Cotton
Circa 1850 French Aubusson Floral Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
This museum-quality decorative pillow preserves an original fragment from a French Aubusson tapestry woven around 1850. The elegant floral arrangement demonstrates the exceptional we...
Wool, Cotton, Feathers
nice large mid century jacquard Aubusson style tapestry. "The castle garden"
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Large Mid-Century Aubusson-Style Jacquard Tapestry – Wool & Cotton Magnificent large-format vintage Jacquard tapestry, dating from the mid-20th century, in the refined Aubusson styl...
Wool, Cotton
Nice vintage French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry « Autumn-winter »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Exquisite French tapestry from the mid-20th century, featuring a beautiful design titled « Automne-Hiver» ( Autumn-winter ) and nice colours, woven at renowned Jules Pansu workshops...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Nice French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry « Romance of the Rose »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Exquisite Aubusson-style mid century tapestry featuring a captivating medieval design. A magnificent tapestry depicting the Romance of the Rose, an iconic work of medieval literatur...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Nice Midcentury French Aubusson Style Jacquard Halluin Tapestry « landscape »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful mid-20th-century French tapestry woven on Jacquard looms with wool, cotton and acrylic . .The "verdure" genre was very popular in the 17th century and gave rise to sumptuo...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Large Vintage French Wall Tapestry Aubusson Style, printed on jute, circa 1960
Located in COLMAR, FR
A large-format French wall hanging in the verdure tradition — woodland scene with leaping deer, peacocks perched in the canopy, a château glimpsed through the trees, and a dense frui...
Jute
Nice Midcentury French Aubusson Style Jacquard Halluin Tapestry « landscape »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful mid-20th-century French tapestry woven on Jacquard looms with wool, cotton and acrylic . .The "verdure" genre was very popular in the 17th century and gave rise to sumptuo...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
19th Century French Aubusson Floral Pillow in Soft Rose
Located in Los Angeles, US
This elegant pillow is fashioned from an authentic mid-19th-century French Aubusson tapestry fragment dating to approximately 1850. Its delicate botanical composition features styliz...
Wool, Cotton, Feathers
Wonderful Fine antique french handwoven Aubusson tapestry «lovers who fish»
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Discover the timeless elegance of this late 19th century French Aubusson tapestry Magnificent Aubusson tapestry, entirely and extremely finely hand-woven in wool and silk, showcasi...
Wool, Cotton, Silk
Tapestry “David Teniers” Brussels Manufactory 18th century – 220×200cm - N° 1717
Located in Paris, FR
18th-Century Brussels Manufactory Tapestry – In the Style of David Teniers – 220 × 200 cm This magnificent tapestry has undergone a thorough deep cleaning, as well as hand-lining wit...
Wool, Silk
$4,268Sale Price|20% Off
Antique French Pictorial Tapestry 96cm×112cm Medieval 3×4 Hunting Scene c.1920
Located in New York, NY
This French Tapestry Pictorial Hunting Scene, dating to circa 1920, showcases a vibrant forest tableau featuring a hunter, dog, lush foliage, and an architectural background, rendere...
Wool
The Verdant Court of Virtue: A Chinese Aubusson Masterpiece of Flemish Grandeur
Located in Dallas, TX
79487 Vintage Chinese Aubusson Tapestry, 05'08 x 05'01. This handwoven wool vintage Chinese Aubusson tapestry is a lush homage to the legendary Flemish Feuilles de Choux verdure trad...
Wool
19th Century French Aubusson Tapestry Accent Pillow Floral Bouquet
Located in Los Angeles, US
An elegant example of nineteenth-century French textile artistry, this antique Aubusson tapestry pillow has been fashioned from an authentic handwoven tapestry fragment dating to cir...
Wool, Cotton, Feathers
19th Century French Aubusson Floral Pillow in Gold
Located in Los Angeles, US
Fashioned from an antique mid-19th-century French Aubusson tapestry, this circa 1850 pillow showcases a charming botanical composition of scattered flowers against a muted golden-oli...
Wool, Cotton, Feathers
Nice vintage French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry « classic Verdure»
By Jules Pansu
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Exquisite French tapestry from the mid-20th century, featuring a beautiful design titled « Le Lignon » inspired by an 18th-century tapestry, made by the Aubusson workshops. Classi...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Nice 17th century Flemish tapestry fragment
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Antique 17th-Century Flemish Tapestry Fragment – Pastoral Scene Beautiful 17th-century Flemish tapestry fragment, depicting a charming pastoral scene with elegantly dressed figures,...
Wool, Silk
Nice vintage French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry cushion face
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Pretty small French tapestry from the late-20th century, featuring a beautiful design and nice colours, woven in jacquard loom by wool acrylic a...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Nice Midcentury France Aubusson Style Jacquard Halluin Tapestry «bird’s offering
By Jules Pansu
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exceptional mid-20th-century French tapestry woven on Jacquard looms in Halluin stitch with wool and cotton. Inspired by François Boucher, it depicts a gentleman presenting a bird to...
Wool, Cotton
$2,064Sale Price|20% Off
French Château Landscape Jacquard Woven Tapestry with Carriage & Courtly Scene
Located in Miami, FL
French Château Landscape Jacquard Woven Tapestry with Carriage & Courtly Scene, 75.5” Wide An elegant and richly detailed French château scene tapestry, Jacquard woven in the tr...
Wool, Cotton
Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry, Lauragais Landscape
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful vintage French Aubusson style tapestry with a nice design of Lauragais Landscape. Bring a little reminder of nature into your country decor with this Lauragais Landscape ta...
Wool, Cotton
Pretty Large Vintage French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry « pastoral loves »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Introducing a magnificent 20th-century tapestry that captures the essence of the gentle joys of life, festivities, music, and above all, love. Set against a rustic backdrop, shepherd...
Wool, Cotton
Nice 17th century Aubusson tapestry fragment panel
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful antique Aubusson tapestry fragment dating from the 17th century, featuring a finely dressed female figure in a classic, possibly allegorical or pastoral scene. The composi...
Cotton, Silk
Nice French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Exquisite French tapestry from the mid-20th century, featuring a beautiful design, showing a gallant scene with young people playing hide and seek game, with nice colours in hues of...
Wool, Cotton
Bobyrug’s Antique European 17th Century Embroidery Fragment
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful and rare antique embroidery probably french, from the 17th century, with floral design and nice natural colors, embroidered with wool, Sizes including the frame : 45...
Wool
$1,460Sale Price|20% Off
Beautiful French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Elevate your space with a charming French tapestry featuring a gallant village scene. Woven with precision on Jacquard looms in France, this masterpiece showcases couples by the rive...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Aubusson Tapestry from 19th Century - N° 1240
Located in Paris, FR
a very prettyAubusson tapestry of 19th century with red and blue and white colors, a temple and rivers in very good condition- N° 1240 Thanks to our Restoration-Conservation works...
Wool
Pretty Vintage French Hand Printed Tapestry Titled "the danse"
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice 20th century French tapestry, in style of Aubusson tapestries, with a design of a medieval museum tapestry called « La Danse » ( The Danse) and beautiful colors, hand printed on...
Cotton
$2,060Sale Price|20% Off
Nice vintage French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry « Autumn-winter »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Exquisite French tapestry from the mid-20th century, featuring a beautiful design titled « Automne-Hiver» ( Autumn-winter ) and nice colours, woven at renowned workshops in jacquard...
Wool, Cotton, Polyester
Nice Antique French Aubusson tapestry «Bird Catchers»
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful early 20th-century Aubusson tapestry, entirely handwoven in wool and silk. The tapestry depicts a charming pastoral scene with bird catchers, featuring several elegantly d...
Wool, Silk
Bobyrug’s Pretty Mid Century French Needlepoint Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exquisite French needlepoint tapestry featuring a stunning garden design with birds and vibrant colors. Hand-embroidered using the needlepo...
Wool
Decorative Tapestry In The Aubusson Style, 20th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
Large decorative tapestry in the verdure style, depicting a bucolic landscape enlivened by lush trees, a pond with a fountain, and architectural details in the background. The rich ...
Tapestry
French Tapestry Around 1950 Framed, N° 1169
Located in Paris, FR
French tapestry around 1950 framed - n° 1169 the tapestry is framed and ready to hang on the wall Thanks to our Restoration-Conservation workshop and also Our know-how, we are pl...
Wool
Nice vintage French Aubusson Style Panel Jacquard Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Exquisite French panel tapestry, from the late 20th century, featuring a beautiful design and nice colours, woven at renowned workshops in jacquard looms in France by wool acrylic ...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
$917Sale Price|20% Off
Nice French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Exquisite French tapestry from the mid-20th century, featuring a beautiful design of a port in Europe, in the 17th century, with boats at the docks, sailors getting ready, freight c...
Wool, Cotton
$15,500Sale Price|20% Off
8×11 Flemish Verdure Tapestry 236×330cm Forest Landscape Tapestry c.1650
Located in New York, NY
This 17th-century Flemish verdure tapestry is a finely woven wool-and-silk landscape, featuring lush trees, rolling hills, and an ornate fruit-and-foliage border in rich blue-green t...
Silk, Wool
Vintage Handcrafted French Aubusson Wool Rug In Black With Floral Pattern
Located in Norwalk, CT
This exquisite vintage Aubusson flatweave rug has been thoughtfully handcrafted from high-quality wool. It showcases a luxurious black background that serves as a striking canvas. Th...
Wool
Pretty Vintage French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry « pastoral loves »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Introducing a magnificent 20th-century tapestry that captures the essence of the gentle joys of life, festivities, music, and above all, love. Set against a rustic backdrop, shepherd...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry, Lauragais Landscape
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful vintage French Aubusson style tapestry with a nice design of Lauragais Landscape. Bring a little reminder of nature into your country decor with this Lauragais Landscape ta...
Wool, Cotton
Bobyrug’s Wonderful Antique French Aubusson Tapestry Maximilian Design
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful late 19th century French Aubusson tapestry with beautiful design of older tapestries probably with Maximilian historical design, and nice...
Wool
Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry, "Greenery at the mill"
By Jules Pansu
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Exquisite late 20th-century French tapestry featuring the enchanting design 'VERDURE AU MOULIN' after François Boucher. Capturing nature in its most picturesque form, adorned with p...
Wool, Cotton
Pretty 20th century modern french Aubusson tapestry by « Claude Picard »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful 20th century Aubusson tapestry with a modern design by french painter « Claude Picard », representing a rooster and three birds among the ...
Wool, Cotton
Nice modern French Aubusson Tapestry " women with birds " by Rene Fumeron
By Aubusson Manufacture, Rene Fumeron
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exquisite French Aubusson tapestry from the mid-20th century, featuring a beautiful design of the renowned french Painter Rene Fumeron. A French artist born in 1921 and died in 2004...
Wool, Cotton
1850s French Aubusson Tulip Tapestry Lumbar Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
Dating to the mid-19th century, circa 1850, this antique French Aubusson pillow presents a striking yet minimal botanical design. A large open tulip blossom dominates one side of the...
Wool, Cotton, Feathers
Pretty vintage French Aubusson style needlepoint tapestry, medieval design
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Experience the timeless elegance of this exquisite French Aubusson style tapestry, capturing the essence of an 15th century tapestry with a design titled « bord de L’eau » (water's...
Wool
Pretty Vintage French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry, Verdure
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful vintage French Aubusson style tapestry with a nice design of Typical 18th century verdure, depicting a green country landscape with a pond. Bring a little reminder of natu...
Wool
$1,520Sale Price|20% Off
Large French Aubusson Jacquard Tapestry depicting a Pastoral and Romantic Scene
Located in Miami, FL
A very decorative Aubusson jacquard tapestry depicting a pastoral and romantic scene. Set against a rustic backdrop, shepherds and shepherdesses embrace amid a serene landscape wit...
Wool, Cotton, Paper