French carpet Aubusson Manufacture, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period - N 1592

No. 1603 - Napoleon III Style Aubusson Rug - 390x275 cm This magnificent rug has undergone a thorough cleaning and meticulous inspection by our experts in our workshop. It is now re...

Artist: Aubusson Manufactory, 19th Century Era: 19th Century Condition: Perfect Material: Wool Length: 255 cm Width: 335 cm Depth: 1 cm (with doubler) This magnificent rug, having b...

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A stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower We are a family business specializing in the purchase, sale and expertise of old, modern and contemporary tapestries, rugs, kilims and textiles....

-French restoration period handwoven antique Aubusson rug, -circa 1830 -wool -290 x 240 cm / 9.5 x 7.87 ft At Boccara Gallery, we have an important collection of Aubusson rugs from the 18th-20th century. The style developed in Aubusson is recognized today as one of the most influential of the European rug and tapestries History. Workshops to produce Aubusson flat-woven rugs were established under the royal warrant in 1743 to manufacture pile carpets primarily for the nobility. Many weavers who settled in France were Huguenots who had fled Spain during the Inquisition in the early 16th century. By issuing the edict of Nantes, Henry IV granted all non-Catholics freedom of worship, thereby 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...

Louis XV period. Provenance: Ephrussi de Rothschild collection.

A rare size mid-19th century Louis Philippe French Aubusson rug. Measures: 5'7'' x 7'1''.

Antique French Aubusson Carpet - 1st Empire Period French 19th century rooms must often have been square since so many carpets of the c...