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Vintage Aubusson, Animal and Botanic Motifs Handmade Wool Rug BB7083 7'0" × 10'5" $20,000

$20,000

An early 20th century Aubusson carpet, the open field having light brown and purple vertical striations within a midnight border with whimsical trees and animals.

The Savonnerie carpet factory, located on the site of the present Musee d’Art Moderne, inherited its name from the soap making factory it took over at the behest of Louis XIII. From 1660 until 1743 Savonnerie was a manufacture royale, carrying out commissions for French Aubusson rugs and carpetsspecifically designed for the Royal Palaces. In the 1770s, the tapestry looms at Aubusson in the Creuze Valley near Limoges were converted to produce flat-woven rugs and antique rugs under royal warrant. No one knows precisely when European rugs weaving began in this area, but it is certain that tapestries were first woven there long before the Gothic era.

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Item No.: BB7083 Circa: 1920 Size: 7'0" × 10'5" (213 × 317 cm)
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Vintage Aubusson, Animal and Botanic Motifs Handmade Wool Rug BB7083

Vintage Aubusson, Animal and Botanic Motifs Handmade Wool Rug BB7083

$20,000

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