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Aubusson Tapestries

AUBUSSON STYLE

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.

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Style: Aubusson
Antique 16th Century Flemish Verdure Feuilles de Choux Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A rare 16th century Flemish Verdure Feuilles de Choux tapestry. Feuilles de Choux (cabbage leaves in French) tapestries include large leav...
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16th Century Belgian Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Tapestry, Silk, Wool

17th Century Flemish Tapestry
Located in Canterbury, GB
A Flemish Tapestry Panel Dating from 17th century Hand woven using naturally dyed wools and silks Featuring a full length Cherub, a Phoenix and a pair of baby Rabbits Antique cond...
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17th Century Dutch Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

17th Century Flemish Tapestry Cherubs
Located in Canterbury, GB
Magnificent Antique Brussels Allegorical Tapestry Dating from 17th Century Woven in wools and silks depicting two wreathed Putti holding a plumed helmet surrounded by trophies The...
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17th Century Dutch Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wood

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...
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

Aubusson Tapestry of 19th Century Aubusson, N° 1236
Located in Paris, FR
Aubusson tapestry of 19th century Aubusson, N° 1236 Thanks to our Restoration-Conservation workshop and also Our know-how, we are pleased to present to you works of art in fabric such as Tapestry, Carpets and Textiles...
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1880s French Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

Nice Vintage Aubusson Style Jaquar Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful Aubusson style tapestry with nice design with a gallant scene and nice colors, mechanical Jaquar manufacturing with wool and cotton. Size: 100 x 140 cm.
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

19th Century French Aubusson Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson tapestry from the 19th century, depicting several young courtiers spending a leisurely afternoon gaily dancing and carousing within the splendidly maintained verdan...
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19th Century French Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style Jaquar Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very pretty Aubusson style tapestry with nice galant design and beautiful colors, woven with mechanical Jaquar looms with wool, acrylic and cotton. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of lu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton, Acrylic

Late 17th Century French Aubusson Mythological Tapestry, with Pan and Syrinx
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson mythological tapestry from the late 17th century. This tapestry describes the myth of Pan and Syrinx after Ovide’s Metamorphoses. The God Pan pursues the nymph of t...
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Late 17th Century French Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

Verdure Aubusson tapestry signed - Couple of Deer in an Undergrowth - No. 1414
Located in Paris, FR
A stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower We are a family business specializing in the purchase, sale and expertise of old, modern and contemporary tapestries, rugs, kilims and textiles....
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1850s French Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

1107 - Aubusson Tapestry 19th Century Lady with the Unicorn
Located in Paris, FR
1107 - a very beautiful and historic 19th century tapestry woven at the Royal Aubusson factory.
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1950s French Vintage Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

pretty antique French medieval design Aubusson style Jacquard tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Experience the timeless elegance of 'Scènes Galantes,' a stunning early 20th century French tapestry featuring a medieval design inspired by the 15th-century masterpiece from the Cl...
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

Large French Forest Scene Tapestry with Bird, 18th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
A large scale 18th Century tapestry featuring a lush forest scene with bird and tree motifs in soft green, brown, and taupe hues. It has a bronze toned border and beautiful time hono...
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18th Century French Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Fabric

Late 19th Century French Aubusson Tapestry
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful late 19th century French Aubusson tapestry depicting a hunt scene with a hunter mounted on horse with two hounds chasing a stag through a forest...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

Bobyrug’s Nice French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful French tapestry from the second half of the 20th century featuring a design by Jean Laurent titled "Le Cavalier" from the 1980s. Depicting a horseman in the woods, adorned ...
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton

Huge early 1700's Verdure Aubusson Tapestry
Located in LYON, FR
French Aubusson woven tapestry from the early 1700's depicting a lizard standing in luscious vegetation. Created in Aubusson, located in central France. Interestingly this vertical w...
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1720s French Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

Adelyne Neveux, The Daisies - French Aubusson Tapestry, Atelier Legoueix - 1445
By Camille Legoueix Atelier, Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Paris, FR
Located a stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, we are a French family business specializing in the purchase, sale, expertise, cleaning, restoration and conservation of tapes...
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1960s French Vintage Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

Antique French Aubusson Rug, circa 1890, 8' x 9'
Located in New York, NY
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...
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19th Century French Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

Gorgeous Antique Large 17th century Aubusson Tapestry historical battle scene
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful and rare 17th century French Aubusson tapestry with a nice design in style of Louis XVI, featuring a historical battle probably from Alexander or a Roman battle, conqu...
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17th Century French Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Silk, Wool

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...
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1880s French Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

pretty vintage French Aubusson style Jacquard tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Experience the timeless elegance of this exquisite French Aubusson style tapestry, capturing the essence of a gallant celebration amidst the countryside. Woven on a Jacquard loom wi...
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Late 20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton

Bobyrug’s Very Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style French Jacquard Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Introducing the magnificent "Along the River" French tapestry designed by British artist Harris Rightway. This captivating piece depicts women drawing water from the river and engage...
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Early 20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries

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Cotton, Wool

Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful vintage French Aubusson style tapestry with a nice design of the nature with trees, vegetation inside the wood, and with a river. and with beautiful colours, entirely woven...
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton

Pretty small 20th century french Aubusson tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful 20th century Aubusson tapestry with a design of tapestries from 18th or 18th centuries, with the nature and with trees with bird and the river, a country house behind,...
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1970s French Vintage Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry
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...
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton

Very large 1700's Aubusson Verdure Tapestry
Located in LYON, FR
Very large Aubusson Tapersty Circa 1720's. ‘Verdure’ (foliage) tapestries were woven throughout the 17th and 18th Centuries, featuring wooded landscapes, reflecting the interest in b...
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1720s French Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

Pretty antique 17th century French Aubusson Tapestry fragment
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Exquisite fragment of a border of a French Aubusson tapestry from the middle of the 17th century, featuring a beautiful design of flowers and nice natural colours, entirely hand wov...
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Mid-17th Century French Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

Wonderful Vintage French Tapestry medieval museum Design “Bûcherons”
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Discover the elegance of this mid-century French Aubusson style tapestry made by silkscreen limited edition at Jules Pansu manufacturing , featuring the exquisite design of the reno...
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton

Pretty antique Antique French Needlepoint Panel Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful late 19th century needlepoint tapestry with nice design of the forest with vegetation and beautiful light colors with the hues of yellow, green, brown and white, entirely h...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Silk, Wool

Orange Fish, Elie Grekoff - French Tapestry By Atelier Pintons Frers - No. 1469
By Pinton Freres, Elie Grekoff
Located in Paris, FR
Artist: Elie Grekoff Period: 20th century Style: Design 50's and 60's Condition: Perfect condition Material: Wool Width: 242 cm Height: 148 cm Depth: 0.5 cm Marine theme: The centra...
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20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

Vintage French Aristolochia Leaves Tapestry, 04'03 x 05'03
Located in Dallas, TX
79023 Vintage French Aristolochia Leaves Tapestry, 04'03 x 05'03. This vintage French tapestry, expertly crafted by Tapisseries du Lion des Flandres, is a remarkable homage to the hi...
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Late 20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

pretty Antique French Aubusson style Jacquard tapestry, chair or cushion cover
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Experience the timeless elegance of this exquisite fragment of an French Aubusson style tapestry, capturing the essence of a natural design , Woven on a Jacquard loom with wool. Ori...
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Early 20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful vintage French Aubusson style tapestry with a nice design of the nature with trees, vegetation and river, a water fountain with statues of angels. and further away, a house...
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Late 20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton

Bobyrug’s Pretty Vintage French Jaquar Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful mid century French tapestry with nice gallant scene in rural, mechanical Jaquar woven manufacturing, with wool and cotton. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of luxury and crafts...
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton

Louis XIV Style Antique French Aubusson Verdure Tapestry, Venus and Adonis
By Gobelins Royal Manufactory, Peter Paul Rubens, Francesco Albani
Located in Dallas, TX
Louis XIV Style Antique French Aubusson Verdure Tapestry, Venus and Adonis Wall Hanging 13'09 x 09'05. Drawing inspiration by Italian Baroque painter, Francesco Albani...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

Modern French Tapestry, Atelier Felletin - Signed Couraud, Edition 1/4 - 1454
Located in Paris, FR
French Hand made Modern French Tapestry AUBUSSON, Atelier Felletin - Signed COURAUD Edition 1/4 - No. 1454 Located a stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, we are a French fa...
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1960s French Vintage Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

Late 17th Century French Aubusson Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson Biblical tapestry from the late 17th century, depicting King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba seated on a throne at center, flanked on either side by attendants, to t...
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Late 17th Century French Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

Pretty antique Hungarian embroidery tissue
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful antique hungarian embroidered tissue fragment , with beautiful designs of flowers and with nice natural colours, entirely hand embroide...
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Early 19th Century Hungarian Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Silk

17th Century Flemish Tapestry Dragons
Located in Canterbury, GB
A magnificent antique wall tapestry Flemish and dating from 17th century Very fine weaving depicting Mythical Dragon like creatures in a woo...
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17th Century Dutch Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style médiéval design Jacquard Tapestry « deer chase »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
very beautiful Aubusson style tapestry, with a design of a medieval tapestry representing « deer chase» (poursuite du cerf), with Beautiful colours with green background, pink, yell...
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton

Jean Picart Le Doux "nocturne" - French Aubusson Tapestry - No. 1428
Located in Paris, FR
A stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower We are a family business specializing in the purchase, sale and expertise of old, modern and contemporary tapestries, rugs, kilims and textiles....
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

French Tapestry Jacquard manufatury Aubusson In The 18th Century Style, N 1452
Located in Paris, FR
French Tapestry Jacquard manufatury Aubusson In The 18th Century Style, N 1452 Manufacturer: Manufacture Jacquard in Aubusson Period: 20th century Style: 18th century greenery Condit...
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1980s French Vintage Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

Late 19th Century French Aubusson Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson mythological tapestry from the late 19th century, circa 1890, featuring the foremost of the nine muses from Greek mythology, Calliope. Calliope and the muses were t...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

French Aubusson Tapestry 19th Century, Bolduc And Numbered - L155xH105 - N° 1422
Located in Paris, FR
A stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower We are a family business specializing in the purchase, sale and expertise of old, modern and contemporary tapestries, rugs, kilims and textiles....
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1860s French Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

Late 17th Century French Aubusson Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson rustic tapestry from the late 17th century, depicting several villagers on either side of a large tree in the right foreground, watching the cargo being unloaded from a large vessel docked by the verdant river bank at left. Enclosed by a narrow monochromatic border. Wool with silk inlay. Measures: 10’1” H x 7’0” W This tapestry was probably woven after a design by the French painter Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714-1789), renowned for his Marines, or maybe by his student Charles Grenier de Lacroix also known as Lacroix de Marseille...
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Late 17th Century French Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

Pretty vintage French Aubusson style Jacquard Tapestry « the feast of Venus »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Discover the timeless elegance of this exquisite vintage French tapestry featuring a replica of the painting by 17th century French painter, Pierre Paul Rubens...
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton, Acrylic

Late 19th Century French Aubusson Tapestry Panel
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson verdure tapestry panel from the late 19th century, depicting a heron in front of a lake, surrounded by foliage and with a cottage in the distance, and presenting a ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

Nice French Aubusson Style Medieval Design Jaquar Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Behold this exquisite French tapestry, meticulously crafted as a museum-tapestry design replica. This tapestry captures the essence of a renowned masterpiece, featuring a captivating...
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Late 20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton

Huge Antique 19th Century French Aubusson Tapestry 135”
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Huge Antique 19th Century French Aubusson Scenic Tapestry 135”
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Late 19th Century French Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

Pretty Fine Antique French Aubusson Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful and fine Aubusson tapestry with a nice design featuring an elegantly dressed boy, with beautiful natural colours, with blue, red, green and beige, entirely and finely...
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Early 1900s French Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

Pretty Vintage large Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful vintage French Aubusson style tapestry with a nice design and with beautiful colours, woven with wool And cotton on Jacquard looms ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of luxury a...
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton

Late 19th Century French Aubusson Rustic Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson rustic tapestry from the late 19th century, 'Le Jeu de Colin-Maillard', ('The Blind Man’s Buff') after a cartoon by Jean-Baptiste Hue...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

Pretty Vintage French Aubusson Style hand printed Tapestry by “Roga”
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Pretty vintage tapestry by Roga, with a nice design titled “concert champêtre” (country concert), showing three characters playing music, in the countryside, near a river, behind, we...
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries

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Cotton

The Three Doves, Jean Picart Le Doux - French Tapestry Atelier Berthaut - N 1470
Located in Paris, FR
Artist: Charles Marcel Jean Picart Le Doux Period: 20th century Style: Design 50s-60s Condition: Perfect condition Material: Tapestry Width: 143 cm Height: 113 cm Depth: 0.5 cm The ...
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20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

French Tapestry Signed By The Aubusson Factory, Circa 1860 - 278lx200h - No 1474
Located in Paris, FR
French Tapestry Signed By The Aubusson Factory, Circa 1860 - 278lx200h - No. 1474 This tapestry is a fine example of the 19th century Aubusson verdure. This type of tapestry is char...
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1860s French Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

Verdure tapestry Manufacture Aubusson - 19th century - L1m15xH1m24 - No. 1426
Located in Paris, FR
A stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower We are a family business specializing in the purchase, sale and expertise of old, modern and contemporary tapestries, rugs, kilims and textiles....
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Late 19th Century French Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

17th Century Antique Tapestry with Woodland Scene and Floral Border in Blue Tone
Located in Atlanta, GA
Late 17th century antique tapestry with woodland scene and floral border, rug 17-0401, country of origin / type: France / Adam style t...
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Late 17th Century French Antique Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

1062 - Modern 20th Century Tapestry
Located in Paris, FR
1062 - Modern Tapestry (pinton) gremolatic coatanroch (Felletin).
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1980s French Vintage Aubusson Tapestries

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Wool

Aubusson tapestries for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Aubusson tapestries for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage tapestries created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, rugs and carpets, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with fabric, wool and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Aubusson tapestries made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Asia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original tapestries, popular names associated with this style include Aubusson Manufacture, Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Jean Lurcat, and Brussels Manufactory. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for tapestries differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $223 and tops out at $89,995 while the average work can sell for $4,302.

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