Antique French Aubusson Rug, in Room size W/ Central Medallion and Flowers

Antique French Aubusson Rug, Runner size, circa 1890 A one-of-a-kind antique French Aubusson Carpet, hand-knotted with soft wool pile. This lovely hand-knotted wool rug features a central medallion design on the beige primary field, with a delicate outer border. decorated with floral elements In runner size, size 8 '8" x 3' 3". A great value, and an excellent choice for hallway, a gallery space...

Antique French Aubusson Rug, Runner size, circa 1890 A one-of-a-kind antique French Aubusson Carpet, hand-knotted with soft wool pile. This lovely hand-knotted wool carpet features ...

An antique French Aubusson carpet, size: 13'4 x 10'8, circa 1890. This fine Louis Philippe era flat-woven French wool carpet features a large and dynamic central medallion on a relat...

Vintage Spanish Savonnerie rug, room size, circa 1930. A one-of-a-kind vintage European Savonnerie Oriental carpet, hand-knotted with sh...

This 14x16 antique Aubusson rug is an exciting new addition to our European rug collection—a masterpiece of the French Neoclassical flatweave style, handwoven in wool and believed to...

This 11x13 antique Aubusson rug is an exciting new addition to our European rug collection—a masterpiece of the French Neoclassical flatweave style, handwoven in wool and believed to...

Handwoven in wool, this 12x14 French Antique Aubusson rug features a play of medallion and all over style with floral patterns particularly acanthus motifs, the curvaceous garlands i...

Mid-19th century handwoven antique Aubusson rug Material: wool Dimensions: 260 x 200 cm; 8.5 x 6.6 ft Boccara Gallery has an important collection of Aubusson rugs from the XVIIIth to the XXth centuries. The style developed in Aubusson is recognized today as one of the most influential of the European rug and tapestries History. Workshops to produce Aubusson flat-woven rugs were established under the royal warrant in 1743 to manufacture pile carpets primarily for the nobility. Many weavers who settled in France were Huguenots who had fled Spain during the Inquisition in the early sixteenth century. By issuing the edict of Nantes, Henry IV granted all non-Catholics freedom of worship, thereby protecting the carpet weavers in Aubusson. Aubusson weavers became the finest craftsmen in the world. Louis XIV’s influential Prime Minister Colbert established the long and hard...