Antique Silk Carpet Red Beige, Neoclassical, 1800, Europe

Acquired from an important estate some years ago in Madrid, this grand scale (6.4 x 2 meters / 21 x 6.5 feet) neoclassical runner carpet once furnished the hallway or stairway of a n...

73348 Antique European French Rug, 12’04 x 13’09. European French rugs are high-quality rugs made in France, known for their exquisite craftsmanship, luxurious materials, and intrica...

76733 Antique Machine-Made European Tekke Rug, 04'02 x 06'02. Introducing a captivating antique machine-made Tekke wool rug, crafted in Europe, a timeless masterpiece that encapsulat...

This coarsely knotted carpet with glossy wool has a simple large spiral acanthus design in teal n the warm brown ground. The main salmon-brown border shows more...

During the early seventeenth century, a weaver named Pierre DuPont travelled to the Levant. Upon his return, he claimed to have discovered the technique of creating Turkish rugs. Oriental rugs were extremely expensive during Bourbon times, and a French manufactory that could create the same type of rug would lower the price significantly. Henri VI of France–the reigning monarch at the time–took advantage of DuPont’s skills and established a workshop for him at the Louvre. In 1627, King Louis XIII founded a manufactory for DuPont and his apprentice, Simon Lourdes, on the site of a defunct soap factory in the sixteenth arrondissement (also known as Quai de Chaillot). The name “Savonnerie” was born from the French word “Savon” meaning “soap.” DuPont and Lourdes worked together, weaving rugs under a royal patent for the king and other nobles until they had a falling out and split up. Lourdes remained at the Chaillot location while DuPont went to his workshops in the Louvre, though both continued to make Savonnerie rugs. Antique rugs, French Savonnerie carpet, Beige Floral carpet...

The antique Aubusson carpets dating from the Napoleon III period are distinguished by patterns which are inspired by the ceiling decorations of seventeenth and eighteenth century Fre...

Vintage European rug carpet. They have been weaving rugs in Romania since the Ottoman Empire, but only since the mid-20th century have they export...

Vintage European rug carpet. They have been weaving rugs in Romania since the Ottoman Empire, but only since the mid-20th century have they export...

A vintage European continental carpet from the mid-20th century. A large golden brown medallion of roses populates the ivory field. A brown border...

A large and handsome neoclassical style carpet. Handmaid in the same style that the Aubusson carpets of the eighteenth century were produced. I...