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Antique Savonnerie Carpet BB2599 8'10" × 10'3" $10,000

$10,000

An artistic French Savonnerie carpet, the black field having a pastel curvilinear design of delicate floral motifs and architectural leafy vines around a small flowerhead framed by an architectural inner frame within a thin solid outer blue stripe.

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 antique 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 oldest European carpet and rugs of the most exquisite quality. Antique Savonnerie and Aubusson rugs and carpetsare considered to be among the finest examples of carpet production undertaken in Europe over the past 350 years.

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Item No.: BB2599 Circa: 1920 Size: 8'10" × 10'3" (269 × 312 cm)
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This is Antique Savonnerie Carpet number BB2599 in our internal collections. This rug was manufactured around 1920 in Europe, France, which means it is already 104 years old.

The dimensions of this rug are: 8'10" × 10'3" width × length, which corresponds to 269 × 312 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 BB2599 for further information.

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Antique Savonnerie Carpet BB2599

Antique Savonnerie Carpet BB2599

$10,000

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