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Fine Antique Savonnerie Hand Knotted Wool Carpet BB1207 10'0" × 11'4" $75,000

$75,000

A late 19th century antique French Savonnerie rug, the blue field with floral sprays framing an overblown ivory roundel with red leafy branches and curvilinear motifs within a ivory and blue guard borders with lush architectural leafy vinery and a more restrained architectural 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, the re by protecting the carpet weavers in Aubusson. Aubusson 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 European carpets and rugs of the most exquisite quality. Antique Savonnerie and Aubusson antique rugs and carpets are considered to be among the finest examples of carpet production undertaken in Europe over the past 350 years.

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Price: $75,000

Item No.: BB1207 Circa: 1880 Size: 10'0" × 11'4" (304 × 345 cm)
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This is Fine Antique Savonnerie Hand Knotted Wool Carpet number BB1207 in our internal collections. This rug was manufactured around 1880 in Europe, France, which means it is already 144 years old.

The dimensions of this rug are: 10'0" × 11'4" width × length, which corresponds to 304 × 345 cm in the metric system.

The 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 BB1207 for further information.

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Fine Antique Savonnerie Hand Knotted Wool Carpet BB1207

Fine Antique Savonnerie Hand Knotted Wool Carpet BB1207

$75,000

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