Antique French Aubusson Rug View cart “Antique Gobelins Tapestry” has been added to your cart. Item No.: BB0449 Size: 13'5" × 14'8" Price: $90,000 Print Inquiry Area Rugs > Antique Rugs > European Rugs > French Aubusson Rugs > Antique French Aubusson Rug Antique French Aubusson Rug BB0449 13'5" × 14'8" $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. Share00 In stock Print Inquiry Add to cart Download Product added to wishlist. Price: $90,000 Add to Wishlist Product added! Browse Wishlist The product is already in the wishlist! Browse Wishlist Item No.: BB0449 Circa: 1870 Size: 13'5" × 14'8" (408 × 447 cm) Color: Red Style: Botanic, Formal Origin: Europe, France Similar rugs Add to cartProduct added to wishlist. Antique French Aubusson Floral Handwoven Wool Rug BB6646 11'2" × 12'6" Size: 11'2" × 12'6" (340 × 381 cm) $8,000 $8,000 Add to cartProduct added to wishlist. Antique French Aubusson Rug BB2930 5'4" × 9'0" Size: 5'4" × 9'0" (162 × 274 cm) $18,000 $18,000 Add to cartProduct added to wishlist. Antique Aubusson Rug BB7081 6'8" × 11'2" Size: 6'8" × 11'2" (203 × 340 cm) $26,000 $26,000 Add to cartProduct added to wishlist. Antique Gobelins Tapestry BB1212 11'8" × 13'5" Size: 11'8" × 13'5" (355 × 408 cm) $250,000 $250,000 Add to cartProduct added to wishlist. Antique French Aubusson Rug BB2797 10'9" × 17'6" Size: 10'9" × 17'6" (327 × 533 cm) $60,000 $60,000 Add to cartProduct added to wishlist. Antique French Aubusson Rug BB7125 12'4" × 12'11" Size: 12'4" × 12'11" (375 × 393 cm) $50,000 $50,000