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Antique French Aubusson Red Botanic Handmade Wool Rug BB0449 13'5" × 14'8" $90,000

$90,000

A mid 19th century French Aubusson Rugs, the cinnamon field with a central pale beige floral wreath roundel and steel blue central rosette within an unusual beige abstract vine and floral border.

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 oldest European carpet weavers in Aubusson. Aubusson rugs weavers became the finest craftsmen in the world. Louis XIV’s influential Prime Minister Colbert established the long and hard apprenticeship necessary to obtain the title “Master of Tapestry” . Even today, the center in Aubusson, under control of the French Ministry of Arts, is busily producing rugs and rugs of the most exquisite quality. Antique Savonnerie and Aubusson rugs and antique oriental rugs are considered to be among the finest examples of carpet production undertaken in Europe over the past 350 years.

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Price: $90,000

Item No.: BB0449 Circa: 1870 Size: 13'5" × 14'8" (408 × 447 cm)
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This is Antique French Aubusson Red Botanic Handmade Wool Rug number BB0449 in our internal collections. This rug was manufactured around 1870 in Europe, France, which means it is already 154 years old.

The dimensions of this rug are: 13'5" × 14'8" width × length, which corresponds to 408 × 447 cm in the metric system.

The rug pattern most used colors are: and Red, and as a rug was qualified by our experts as a Botanic, Formal style in our wide offer of rugs. If you are interested in this unique work of art, please contact us with the number BB0449 for further information.

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Antique French Aubusson Red Botanic Handmade Wool Rug BB0449

Antique French Aubusson Red Botanic Handmade Wool Rug BB0449

$90,000

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