Description
AUBUSSON
Savonnerie-weave carpet in wool pile on a cotton backing. Central field with a deep, rich green background, dotted with a regular scattering of small, star-shaped, golden-yellow flowers, adorned with a central medallion forming a large circular rosette encircled by a wreath of green laurel or oak leaves, lined on the inside by a garland of natural-coloured roses. The four spandrels consist of bouquets of polychrome flowers (roses, peonies) set within a symmetrical composition of acanthus scrolls and geometric ribbons in the Empire style. Triple border, the main one of which is worked on a cream background and features a continuous scroll of leafy foliage.
Circa 1920/1930
393 cm x 301 cm
(In good overall condition)
A similar example is held at the Louvre Museum (OAR 536)
Bibliography:
- Madeleine Jarry (The Savonnerie Carpets),
- Pierre Verlet (The James A de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor: Savonnerie Carpets)
See original version (French)
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