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Item Ships From: Spain
Hand-knotted Rug of the Botanica Collection by Leo Rydell Jost
By Leo Rydell Jost
Located in Ibiza, Spain
Unique hand-knotted rug of the Botanica Collection by Leo Rydell Jost. Piece made in Tibetan wool in Nepal. Rydell’s artwork balances between a visual approach and pleasurable home l...
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2010s Nepalese Modern Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Hand-knotted Rug of the Botanica Collection by Leo Rydell Jost
By Leo Rydell Jost
Located in Madrid, ES
Unique hand-knotted rug of the Botanica Collection by Leo Rydell Jost. Piece made in Tibetan wool in Nepal. Rydell’s artwork balances between a visual ...
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2010s Nepalese Modern Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Modern Hand Loomed Viscose Rug Multiple Colors Blue Brown Pink Orange White
By Chio Leon
Located in Madrid, ES
This rug has been designed by Chío León, Spanish fabric designer who has collaborated with multiple international brands specialized in fashion and inte...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Synthetic

Modern Hand Tufted Wool Rug Made in Spain White & Navy Blue Valance
By Kilombo Home
Located in Madrid, ES
This rug is handmade in Spain using the hand tufted technique. We use only the finest natural yarns, 100% pure virgin wool with a thickness of 15mm. - Customize in any size and in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Modern Handwoven Flat-Weave Wool Kilim Rug Pink Black Gold White Geometric
Located in Madrid, ES
This rug has been ethically hand woven in the finest wool yarns by artisans in north of India, using a traditional weaving technique which is native of this region. Each rug is handw...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Cotton

Modern Handwoven Flat-Weave Wool Kilim Rug White and Blue Geometric
Located in Madrid, ES
This rug has been ethically hand woven in the finest wool yarns by artisans in north of India, using a traditional weaving technique which is native of this region. Each rug is handw...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Cotton

Modern Handwoven Flat-Weave Wool Kilim Rug in Black and White Abstract Rhino
Located in Madrid, ES
This rug has been ethically hand woven in the finest wool yarns by artisans in north of India, using a traditional weaving technique which is native of this region. As its handwoven ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Cotton

Modern Handwoven Flat-Weave Wool Kilim Rug in Black and White Abstract Rhino
Located in Madrid, ES
This rug has been ethically hand woven in the finest wool yarns by artisans in north of India, using a traditional weaving technique which is native of this region. As its handwoven ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Cotton

Modern Handwoven Flat-Weave Wool Kilim Rug Abstract in White Mustard Green Pink
Located in Madrid, ES
Mosaico is an Abe the ape's desing for Kilombo Home. This rug has been ethically handwoven in the finest wool yarns by artisans in north of India, using a traditional weaving techni...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Cotton

Contemporary Hayon x Nani Hand-Tufted Wool Floor Runner by Jaime Hayon
By Nanimarquina, Jaime Hayon
Located in New York, NY
This is one of three wool rugs in Nanimarquina's Nani x Hayon collection designed by Jaime Hayon. Created with the hand tufting technique, a manually operated pistol injects pieces o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Modern Handwoven Jute Carpet Rug Dhurrie Cream & Black Pyramid
By Kilombo Home
Located in Madrid, ES
This jute rug has been ethically hand woven in the finest jute yarns by artisans in Northern India, using a traditional weaving technique of this area. Each rug is handwoven with irr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Jute

Modern Hand Tufted Wool Rug Made in Spain Light Blue & White Dogs Greyhound
By Kilombo Home
Located in Madrid, ES
This rug is handmade in Spain using the hand tufted technique. We use only the finest natural yarns, 100% pure virgin wool with a thickness of 15mm. - Customize in any size and in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Modern Handweaved Jute Carpet Rug in Natural Brown Ivory Pac Man
Located in Madrid, ES
This jute rug has been ethically handwoven in the finest jute yarns by artisans in Northern India, using a traditional weaving technique of this area. Each rug is handwoven with irre...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Jute

Modern Handwoven Jute Carpet Rug in Terracotta White and Black Chimneys Abstract
Located in Madrid, ES
This jute rug has been ethically hand woven in the finest jute yarns by artisans in Northern India, using a traditional weaving technique of this area. Each rug is handwoven with irr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Jute

Roche Bobois Bleu RUG S .XXI - New Zealand
By Roche Bobois
Located in Valladolid, ES
Amazing and gorgeous “Galaxy” model rug in bleu nuit, handmade for Roche Robois. Large in size, this piece is a trip to outer space thanks to the infinite luminous constellations th...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Silk

Contemporary Kilim. Yellow Geometric Design. 3.00 X 2.15 m
Located in MADRID, ES
Contemporary kilim handmade in Zigler's craft workshops - Handcrafted with aged wool. - Its design is modern in measures 3.00 x 2.15 m. - By not having edges, this type of pieces w...
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2010s Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Handmade Wool Kilim. 2.70 X 1.90 M
Located in MADRID, ES
Contemporary kilim handmade in the Zigler handicraft workshops in Pakistan. - Handcrafted with aged wool. - By not having borders, this type of pieces will perfectly focus on a decor...
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2010s Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Contemporary Kilim. 3.00 X 2.40 m
Located in MADRID, ES
Contemporary kilim handmade in Zigler's craft workshops in Pakistan. - By not having edges, this type of pieces will perfectly focus on a decorative environment. - Soft, calm and w...
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2010s Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Contemporary Kilim. 2.95 X 2.00 m
Located in MADRID, ES
Contemporary kilim handmade in Zigler's craft workshops - Handcrafted with aged wool. - Its design is modern in measures 2,95 x 2,00 m. - By not having edges, this type of pieces w...
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2010s Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Contemporary Kilim. 2.90 X 2.00 m
Located in MADRID, ES
Contemporary kilim handmade in Zigler's craft workshops - Handcrafted with aged wool. - Its design is modern in measures 2,90 x 2,00 m. - By not having edges, this type of pieces w...
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2010s Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

20th Century Turkestan Wool Rug, Tekke, "Guls" Classical, C. 1920. 1.50 x 1.00 m
Located in MADRID, ES
20th Century Turkestan Wool Rug, Tekke, "Guls" Classical Design, circa 1920 - It belongs to the manufacture called "Tekke". - Classic design of "Guls" in burgundy wine tones so chara...
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1920s Turkestan Vintage Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Contemporary Kilim. Geometric Design. 3.00 x 2.50 m
Located in MADRID, ES
Contemporary kilim handmade in Zigler's artisan workshops in Pakistan. - As they do not have edges, this type of pieces will be perfectly centered in a decorative environment. - Soft...
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2010s Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Classic Kilim. Multicolor Geometric Design. 2.70 x 1.70 m
Located in MADRID, ES
- Classic Kilim made of wool. - His style is characterized by its geometric designs and the richness of its colors. - Their tones are not uniform, which makes these types of rugs ver...
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1980s Vintage Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Classic Kilim. Multicolor Geometric Design. 2.85 x 1.65 m
Located in MADRID, ES
- Classic Kilim made of wool. - His style is characterized by its geometric designs and the richness of its colors. - Their tones are not uniform, which makes these types of rugs ver...
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1980s Vintage Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Classic Kilim. Geometric Design. 3.70 x 1.65 m
Located in MADRID, ES
- Classic Kilim made of wool. - His style is characterized by its geometric designs and the richness of its colors. - Their tones are not uniform, which makes these types of rugs ver...
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1970s Vintage Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Classic Kilim. Geometric Design. 2.90 x 1.60 m
Located in MADRID, ES
- Classic Kilim made of wool. - His style is characterized by its geometric designs and the richness of its colors. - Their tones are not uniform, which makes these types of rugs ver...
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1980s Vintage Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Neddle-point wool Ruig. 3.10 x 2.45 m
Located in MADRID, ES
Neddle-point rug - Flat-woven rug made of wool. - Its English-type floral design stands out as typical of this type of pieces. - In floral colors on a white background in a multitu...
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Early 2000s Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Antique Rug. Samarkand. Grenade Design. 2.70 x 1.50 m.
Located in MADRID, ES
Samarkand carpet from the ancient silk route. - This type of pieces are characterized by the decorative richness of their designs due to the diversity of people who traveled along t...
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Early 1900s Turkestan Khotan Antique Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Agra India Rug. 3.20 x 2.30 m
Located in MADRID, ES
Agra Rug. - Elaborate design that stands out with intertwined palmettes, leaves and branches throughout the central field - Its design highlights its contrasts of beige, red, burgu...
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Early 2000s Indian Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Antique Wool Seykur Rug. Caucasian Design circa 1920. 2.05 x 1.20 m.
Located in MADRID, ES
Antique caucasus wool rug. Old Seykur with measuring 2.05 x 1,20 m. -Highlight the design of floral elements in the central field on a blue background - Flowers in various shades of ...
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1920s Caucasian Vintage Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Classic Kilim. Multicolor Geometric Design. 3.75 x 1.70 m
Located in MADRID, ES
- Classic Kilim made of wool. - His style is characterized by its geometric designs and the richness of its colors. - Their tones are not uniform, which makes these types of rugs ver...
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1970s Vintage Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Antique Wool Karabagh Rug. Caucasian Design circa 1830. 3.30 x 2.20 m.
Located in MADRID, ES
Caucasus carpet. Old Karabagh measuring 3.28 x 2.19 m. Circa 1830w -Highlight the design of floral elements in the central field on a blue background - Leaves, branches and flowers i...
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1830s Antique Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Classic Kilim. Multicolor Geometric Design. 3.00 x 2.50 m
Located in MADRID, ES
- Classic Kilim made of wool. - His style is characterized by its geometric designs and the richness of its colors. - Their tones are not uniform, which makes these types of rugs ver...
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1990s Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Antique Classic Wool Design Rug. 1.90 x 1.30 m
Located in MADRID, ES
Persian rug from the Afshar region, of nomadic origin. - Ethnic rug made of wool in the early 1900s. - Highlight its central field with a blue background that contains geometric figu...
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1930s Vintage Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Contemporary Kilim. handmade in hemp. 3.90x2.90m.
Located in MADRID, ES
Contemporary kilim made by hand in hemp. - They are soft, calm and will add a touch of warmth to the room without overloading the space. - Our customers love this type of rug for bot...
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2010s Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Hemp

20th Century Samarkand Wool Rug Kothan Design circa 1900.
Located in MADRID, ES
Wool rug of the ancient silk road. - Kothan design with influences of the Chinese rugs in regard to the Ionic capitals that appear in the work of the valance and Buddhist influence w...
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Early 1900s Turkestan Khotan Antique Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Wool Handmade Kirman Rug Classic Flowers, Leaves and Branches Design.
Located in MADRID, ES
Classic Kirman city design. - Characterized by the use of flowers, leaves and branches intertwined throughout the central field. - This type of decoration was made for the European...
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1920s Asian Vintage Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Contemporary Kilim. handmade in hemp. 3.80x2.95m.
Located in MADRID, ES
Contemporary kilim made by hand in hemp. - They are soft, calm and will add a touch of warmth to the room without overloading the space. - Our customers love this type of rug for bot...
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2010s Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Hemp

Contemporary Kilim. handmade in hemp. 3.60x2.75m.
Located in MADRID, ES
Contemporary kilim made by hand in hemp. - They are soft, calm and will add a touch of warmth to the room without overloading the space. - Our customers love this type of rug for bot...
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2010s Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Hemp

Bidjar Wool Rug. 4.25 x 3.10 m
Located in MADRID, ES
Persian Bidjar design rug of palmette flowers in reds and blues on a blue and red background in the central field. - The rest of the decorative elements follow linked patterns of flo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Antique Ersari Wool Rug. 3.35 x 1.90 m
Located in MADRID, ES
Antique Turkestan Ersari rug. Around 1900. - This piece is characterized by the decoration of geometric elements , blue, red and green throughout the field. - Base tones of its field...
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Early 1900s Turkestan Antique Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Contemporary Kilim. handmade in hemp. 3.70x2.75m.
Located in MADRID, ES
Contemporary kilim made by hand in hemp. - They are soft, calm and will add a touch of warmth to the room without overloading the space. - Our customers love this type of rug for bot...
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2010s Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Hemp

Antique Melas Wool Rug. 1.80 x 1.10 m
Located in MADRID, ES
Red, Green and Blue Colors over Antique Turkish Melas Rug Antique Turkish rug - Specifically, it's a Melas rug - Highlight the use of greenish tones throughout the design, which is ...
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1930s Turkish Vintage Spain - Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Tapestry Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Madrid, ES
Tapestry from the Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period , made in 1738 at the Gobelins One panel from a series of Gobelins tapestries depicting the History of Esther, illustrating Esther seated and attended by handmaidens, one washing her feet in golden basin, another fastening a bracelet, another offering a mirror, all observed by Mordecai, woven in the workshop of Michele Audran after a design by J. F. de Troy. The Toilet of Esther c.1778-85.Royal Collection Trust-Queens Audience Chamber Windsor Castle The Sketches for the Esther Cycle by Jean-François de Troy (1736) “and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mor’decai, ..., took for his own daughter.” (Est. 2:7) A supple and undulating genius, both a flattering portraitist and a prolix history painter, as well as a brilliant genre painter, in a gallant or worldly vein, Jean-François de Troy (Paris, 1679 – Rome, 1752), solicited, although he had passed the threshold of old age, a new royal commission up to his ambitions. To obtain it, he submitted – successfully - for the approval of the Bâtiments du roi (administration), seven modelli painted in 1736 with his usual alacrity. Inspired by one of the most novelistic texts of the Old Testament, the Book of Esther, these sketches in a rapid and virtuoso manner were transformed by the artist, between 1737 and 1740 into large cartoons intended to serve as models for the weavers of the Gobelins factory. Showing undeniable ease and skill in the composition in perfect harmony with the sensitivities of the times, the tapestry set met with great success. The Story of Esther perfectly corresponded to the plan of the Bâtiments du roi to renew the repertoire of tapestry models used for the weavers of the royal factories while it also conformed to the tastes of Louis XV’s subjects for a fantastical Orient, the set for a dramatic tale in which splendour, love and death were combined. Indeed, no tapestry set was woven in France during the 18th century as often as that of Esther. The series of modelli painted by de Troy during the year 1736 looks to the history of French painting and decoration under Louis XV as much as it does the history of the Gobelins. It probably counts among the most important rococo pictorial groups to have remained in private hands. First the Biblical source illustrated by De Troy which constitutes the base of one of the richest iconographical traditions of Western art will be considered. Then the circumstances and specific character of French civilisation during the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV which contributed to making the theme of Esther a relevant subject, both attractive to contemporaries and remarkably in line with the sensitivities of the time will be elucidated. An examination of the exceptional series of sketches united here, the cartoons and the tapestries that they anticipate as well as a study of their reception will close this essay. The Book of Esther: A scriptural source at the source of rich iconography. The origin of the Esther tapestry set by Jean-François de Troy – origin and creation of a masterpiece According to the evidence of one of the artist’s early biographers, the chevalier de Valory, author of a posthumous elegy of the master, read at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture on 6 February 1762, it was apparently due to early16 rivalry with François Lemoyne (1688-1737), his younger colleague who had precisely just been appointed First Painter to the King in 1736, that had encouraged François de Troy to seek a commission allowing him to show off his ease and his promptitude at the expense of a rival who was notoriously laborious: “M. De Troy, retaining some resentment of the kind of disadvantage which he believed to have suffered compared with his emulator looked to regain some territory by making use of the facility his rival did not possess. Lemoyne was excessively long in the creation of his works,and M. De Troy of a rare celerity: consequently, with this particular talent, the latter offered to the court to make paintings appropriate to be executed at the Gobelins Factory; and it is to this circumstance that we owe the beautiful series of the Story of Esther, which would be sufficient alone to give him a great reputation.”17 Beyond the suspicion inspired by the topos, which still constitutes, more or less, a tale of rivalries between artists in ancient literature, there is probably some truth in what Valory reports although A.-J. Dezalier d’Argenville (who indicates rather spitefully that de Troy did not hesitate to “cut prices” to impose himself, benefitting from the productivity assured by the unlikely rapidity of his brush)18 proves to be more evasive: “As he looked to busy himself, he had offered to make the paintings that serve as models for the King’s tapestries cheaply: which did not please his colleagues. He was given a choice of two tapestry series to be made and he took the Story of Esther and that of Jason”.19 Whether or not the choice was actually left to de Troy (which would appear rather casual on the royal administration’s part all the same), it seems likely that the artist, whose contemporaries extol his “fire”, as the faculty of invention was then called, must have ardently aspired to the possibility of using on a very large scale the “creative genius” with which Dezallier d’Argenville credits him. The decoration of the private apartments, the fashion for which Louis XV had promoted at Versailles and Fontainebleau, offered little opportunity to excel in this area. Other than painting for altarpieces, only tapestries could allow comparison with Lemoyne who had been granted – unfortunately for him – a major decoration: the enormous ceiling of the Hercules Room at Versailles. Favoured by the recent improvement in France’s financial situation, the revival of patronage offered de Troy a commission fitting for him, in a field in which, however, he had hardly any experience. Anxious to renew the repertoire of models available to the Gobelins factory, the Duc d’Antin, surintendant des Bâtiments du roi from 1708 to 1736 followed by his successor, Philibert Orry comte de Vignory, gave him the task of producing seven large cartoons inspired by the Book of Esther corresponding to the brilliant sketches or modelli which de Troy had produced in one go, or almost (very few preparatory drawings can in fact be linked to the Esther cycle and all seem to be at the execution stage of the cartoons).20 Subjected to the approval of the Administration des Bâtiments according to the procedure in use for projects being planned for the Gobelins, sketches made rapidly during 1736 were approved and the project launched immediately. Thereupon came the news of François Lemoyne’s death, who, ground down by work and a victim of his private torment, committed suicide on 4 June 1737. Against all expectations, de Troy did not replace his rival in the position of First Painter (which remained vacant until the appointment of Charles Coypel in January 1747), which would perhaps have made him too obviously the beneficiary of the drama. The awarding of the position of Director of the French Academy in Rome came to console him while he had already produced (or he was in the process of finishing), in Paris, three of the seven cartoons of the cycle (The Fainting of Esther finished in 1737 and the Toilet and Coronation of Esther, both finished in 1738). De Troy, we can see, did not follow the order of the narrative but began with the subjects which apparently offered the least difficulty because he had already depicted them, or because they fall into a strong pictorial tradition (such is the case especially for the Fainting of Esther). He had hardly settled at the Palazzo Mancini in August 1738, when his first task which awaited the new director of the French Academy naturally consisted of honouring the royal commission and finishing without delay the final cartoons of the Story of Esther after the sketches he must have taken with him. As prompt as ever, de Troy discharged himself of the execution of the four remaining cartoons in only two years, by beginning with the largest format which allowed him to strike the imagination and to impose himself as soon as he arrived on the Roman stage: the Triumph of Mor’decai which was finished in 1739 (like Esther’s Banquet). The following year, the Mor’decai's Disdain and The Sentencing of Haman were brought to an end in the same Neo-Venetian style, obviously tributary to Veronese with its choice of “open” monumental architecture which is characteristic of the entire cycle.21 The series, it should be noted, was almost augmented with some additional scenes in the mid 1740s. Indeed, the first tapestry set finished at the Gobelins in 1744 proved to be unsuitable for the arrangement of the Dauphine’s apartments at Versailles for which it had been intended to decorate the walls the following year (cf infra). Informed of this, de Troy, considering that the story of Esther offered “several good subjects,” immediately offered to illustrate one or new subject among those “which could appear to be the most interesting”. The directeur des Bâtiments Orry, who managed the State’s accounts, obviously judged it less costly to have one of the tapestries widened to fill in the end of the Dauphine’s bedroom,22 which has probably deprived us of very original compositions, because de Troy had already illustrated the most famous themes, those that benefitted from a strongly established iconographical tradition and from which it was not easy to deviate The Tapestry Set of the Story of Esther Placed on the tapestry looms of the Gobelins at the end of the 1730s in Michel Audran’s workshop, the cycle created by de Troy aroused true infatuation. The few hundred tapestries made between 1738 and 1797 – all in high-warp tapestry and woven in wool and silk except for four in low-warp made in Neilson’s workshop – show the impressive success of a tapestry set that was without any doubt the most frequently woven of the 18th century in France. 29 Only three cartoons had been delivered by de Troy in 1738 when the first tapestry set was begun by Audran under the expert eye of Jean-Baptiste Oudry to whom the Directeur général des bâtiments, Philibert Orry had assigned the (weekly) supervision of the weaving. During the summer of 1738, the piece of the Fainting of Esther, which Oudry judged to be admirable, was finished. During the winter of 1742, Oudry informed Orry that about two ells of the Triumph of Mor’decai had been made “with no faults”,that the Coronation of Esther was finished and that the Esther at her Toilet “a very gracious tapestry” was “a little over half” finished. Exhibited at Versailles in 1743, these two last pieces were admired by Louis XV and the Court. On 3 December 1744, the set of seven tapestries was finally delivered to the Garde Meuble. It was intended, the honour was not slight, to decorate the apartments of the Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain whose marriage to the young Dauphin Louis-Ferdinand had been fixed for the following year (it took place on 23 February 1745). Apparently it was thought that the theme of Esther the biblical heroine and wife of a foreign sovereign was appropriate for the apartments of the Spanish Dauphine. As early as the month of March, the architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel informed de Troy that her grand cabinet was decorated with the “Esther tapestry set” specifying however that “for lack of two small or one large piece, we have not been able to decorate the end of the room”. This difficulty led immediately to the Banquet episode being woven a second time in two parts (they were delivered to the Garde-Meuble on 30 December 1746) to garnish the panels on each side of the bed of the Dauphine who would hardly enjoy them (she died on 22 July 1746 and the decoration was installed for the new Dauphine Maria Josepha of Saxony). The appearance of the set’s remarkable border, which imitated a richly sculpted wooden frame, should be mentioned. Conceived in 1738 by the ornamentalist Pierre Josse-Perrot and used in the later weavings until 1768, it tended to reinforce the resolutely painterly appearance of the tapestry set which, in this regard, pushed the art of tapestry as far as its ultimate mimetic possibilities. With the exception of Mor’decai's Disdain which had been removed earlier, the “editio princeps” of the story of Esther (from then on in nine pieces) remained at Versailles until the Revolution. Of the eight surviving tapestries, four are at the chateau of Compiègne and four belong today to the Mobilier National. No less than seven tapestry sets reputed to be complete (one of them in fact only had six tapestries) would be produced officially at the Gobelins up to 1772. Literature: 1- The Œuvres mêlées of an emulator of Racine, the Abbé Augustin NADAL thus include an Esther. Divertissement spiritual which is exactly contemporary with Jean François de Troy’s cycle since it was performed in 1735 and published in Paris three years later. 2-Le Siècle de Louis XIV, 1751, 1785 ed., p. 96-97 for French ed. 3- Lemoyne and de Troy had been obliged to share the First Prize in the competition organised in 1727 between the most prominent history painters of the Académie Royale. 4- Mémoires…, pub. L. DUSSIEUX et al., 1854, II, p.265. 5-The fact that de Troy, at the risk of falling out with his colleagues, did not hesitate to make use of prices in order to convince the new directeur des Bâtiments Philibert Orry, is confirmed by Mariette who adds tersely “it caused much shouting” (pub. 1851-1860, II, p. 103). 6- Abrégé de la vie des plus fameux peintres…, ed. 1762, IV, p. 368-369 20 Early comments on the painter are inclined to present him as a kind of “pure painter”, doing without the medium of drawing, a few intermediary studies between the Esther sketches and the large cartoons at the Louvre nevertheless show that de Troy used red chalk (see in the catalogue, the notice for the Meal of Esther and Ahasuerus under the entry drawing) to change one or other figure. 7-C. GASTINEL-COURAL (cat. exp. PARIS, 1985, p. 9-13) as well as the article by J. VITTET, exh. cat. LA ROCHE-GUYON, 2001, p. 51-55. 8-The Hermitage in St. Petersburg conserves five tapestries of these two royal gifts whose provenance still awaits elucidation (as far as we are aware). In 1766, the Grand Marshal of Russia, Count Razumovski (or Razamowski), acquired the Fainting and the Banquet extracted from the sixth weaving (J. VITTET, 2001, p. 53). 9- Lettres écrites de Suisse, d’Italie…,quoted by J. VITTET, op. cit., p. 54. 10-The tapestry set remained in the hands of a branch of the Hapsburg-Lorraine family until 1933 (ibid. P. 54). 11-Quoted by Chr. LERIBAULT, 2002, p. 97, note 269. 12-Y. CANTAREL-BESSON, 1992, p. 241. Catalogue The Esther at her Toilet Oil on canvas, 57 x 51 cm Provenance: Painted in 1736 at the same time as the six other modelli of the Story of Esther intended to be presented, for approval, to the direction des Bâtiments du Roi; perhaps identifiable among a lot of sketches by Jean-François de Troy in the post mortem inventory of the amateur, historian and critic Claude-Henri Watelet (1718-1786) drawn up on 13 January 1786 and following days (A.N. T 978, n° 30) then in the sale of the property of the deceased, Paris, 12 June 1786, n° 33; Paris, François Marcille Collection (who owned a series of six sketches from which the Triumph of Mor’decai was missing, see infra); Paris, Marcille Sale, Hôtel Drouot, 12-13 January 1857, n° 36; Asnières, Mme de Chavanne de Palmassy ( ?) collection; Paris, Galerie Cailleux; Paris, Humbert de Wendel collection (acquired from the Galerie Cailleux in 1928); by inheritance in the same family; Paris, Sotheby’s, 23 June 2011, n° 61. In order not to add unnecessarily to the technical commentary on each work, the catalogue raisonné by Chr. Leribault which contains a substantial bibliography on the series should be referred to. The other bibliographical references only concern the publications and exhibitions to have appeared and been presented more recently. Bibliography and Exhibitions: Chr. LERIBAULT, 2002, n° P. 247 (repr.); E. LIMARDO DATURI, 2004, p. 28; Exh. cat. NANTES, 2011, p. 138, n° 34, referred to in note 1; Sotheby’s catalogue, Tableaux anciens et du XIXe siècle, 23 June 2011, n° 61 (repr.). Related Works: Tapestry cartoon: The cartoon (oil on canvas, 329 x 320 cm), the third made by the artist in Paris after the sketches had been approved by the direction des Bâtiments, is in the Louvre (Inv. 8315). It previously bore the painter’s signature and the date 1738 (inscriptions which are found on the tapestries). The royal administration paid 1600 livres for it on 21 June 1738 and it was exhibited at the Salon in the year of its creation. Summary Biography 1679 (27 January): Baptism in Paris (Parish of St. Nicolas du Chardonnet) of Jean-François de Troy, son of the painter François de Troy and Jeanne Cotelle, sister of the painter Jean II Cotelle. 1696-1698: Studies (apparently rather turbulent) at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. 1698-1708: First trip to Italy. 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