French Autumn Colors Aubusson Tapestry 2'8 x 4'10

Aubusson tapestry panel. The Aubusson and Savonnerie French tapestry workshops continued producing extremely decorative and artistic works thro...

A French Hand Loomed circa 1890 tapestry. A noblewomen being amused by a servant playing a lute in a formal garden setting in the background is a stately home and the noblewomen is s...

Antique French Forest scene tapestry, circa 1880, 4'6 x 10'. An antique French fine hand-loomed tapestry, circa 1880. A forest scene, with trees and foliage surrounded by a floral bo...

Antique French Aubusson rug, circa 1890. Aubusson carpets are pile less and tapestry woven from that town to the southwest of Paris, by a group of independent weavers working under Royal or State protection. The designs are strictly classical, neoclassical or Victorian. They are virtually never “oriental”. The pattern wefts are wool with silk and/or metal thread for details in the more finely woven examples. Sizes tend toward the squarish and pieces 30’ by 30’ are not unknown. The 18th-19th century French clients included the nobility and haute bourgeoisie. Aubusson carpets were also exported to England and are often to be found in country houses. Light colors are the most popular and dark toned pieces are very rare. Besides traditional Louis furniture...

Antique French Aubusson panel, circa 1850, 2'3 x 11'2. This antique Aubusson panel may be used as a runner on the floor or as a wall decoration over a door or between windows or a table runner. The nearly black field displays a very complex pattern of multi colored palmettes flowers and various short vines. An ivory floral border on the left contrasts with the geometric right hand band...

Antique velvet and metal applique, circa 1840. A wonderful Persian velvet and metal applique panel. Much sought after. Size: 2'8 x 4'6.

nr. 688 - An interesting antique French Aubusson tapestry, with non-binding sizes, therefore easy to fit into a modern home: perhaps a sliding door (wh...

Antique French Tapestry Handwoven Antique Tapestry Handmade Tapestry 4'4" x 4'7" 133cm x 140cm 1920 "Beautiful antique French tapestry depicting a s...

This beautiful Aubusson tapestry was designed by Jean Picart Le Doux (1902-1982) and so marked in the lower right corner. The colors have remained strong. We have this tapestry mount...

The Aubusson tapestry manufacture of the 17th and 18th centuries managed to compete with the royal manufacture of Gobelins tapestry and the privileged position of Beauvais tapestry. Tapestry manufacture at Aubusson, in the upper valley of the Creuse in central France, may have developed from looms in isolated family workshops established by Flemings that are noted in documents from the 16th century. Typically, Aubusson tapestries depended on engravings as a design source or the full-scale cartoons from which the low-warp tapestry-weavers worked. As with Flemish and Parisian tapestries...

The Aubusson tapestry manufacture of the 17th and 18th centuries managed to compete with the royal manufacture of Gobelins tapestry and the privileged position of Beauvais tapestry. ...

Exceptional rare large antique French Tapestry handmade human animals "Mille Fleurs" Tapestry 6'8" x 8' (7' x 8') 203cm x 244cm Circa 1910 " An exce...