"Seasons" - Early 19th Century - Paravant Aubusson Tapestries

Antique 18th Century Brussels Paravant Tapestry 5 Panels 133 x 185 in, 340 x 470 cm (full paravant) 59 x 23 in, 150 x 60 cm (individual panel) Five-leaf screen consisting of five pa...

-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...

Manufacture of Jean-Jacques Sallandrouze According to Jules Chebeaux Cotton (chain) wool (weft) c. 1851 197 x 197 in, 500 x 500 cm Excellent condition In the 1850s, Jean-Jacques Sal...

History of Psyche 17th Century Parisian Tapestry Wool and Silk 200 x 299 cm, 79 x 118 in Private French Collection

nr. 688 - An interesting antique French Aubusson tapestry, with non-binding sizes, therefore easy to fit into a modern home: perhaps a sliding door (wh...

This antique French Aubusson tapestry panel, circa 1900, features an elaborate Rococo cartouche framing lush floral arrangements in warm burgundy, rose, ivory, and mint tones. Its re...

An Aubusson, circa 1850 tapestry, in soft colors, depicting a typical country scene, with wild birds and trees, with a country house in the background. All surrounded by a wonderful ...

This long and narrow tapestry was made to go between windows. The sand field displays a shield of arms surmounted by a count's coronet and supported by ...