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€6,500 - 7,000Sale fees
SOAP FACTORY A knotted wool and cotton rug with a cream-colored field, featuring airy floral garlands suspended from small, swirling blue ribbons that form finely detailed friezes. Gilded acanthus scrolls; a central medallion featuring an imposing ochre-and-rust-colored eclipse motif placed at the center of the rug, decorated with a bouquet of flowers and polychrome foliage. Four spandrels at the four corners and angles of the central rectangle, decorated with multicolored floral garlands. A wide, golden-beige main border featuring a design of interlaced branches, surrounded by four medallions inlaid with vases containing floral bouquets and surmounted by ribbon-adorned wreaths. 20th century 480 x 390 cm Good overall condition This design is inspired by the historical archives of the Garde Meuble de la Couronne and the famous French firm Olivier Charles Bougainville Bibliography: -Carpets of Power: The Savonnerie Manufactory in the First Half of the 19th Century (Chantal Gastinel-Coural) -The Savonnerie Broadwoven Carpet of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Pierre Verlet) -Lodève and the Savonnerie Manufactory: A History to Share (Marc Bayard). -Roland Galice -Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau -Exhibition and Institutional Catalogs (Mobilier National)
Auction details
The Royal Court at VersaillesAuction house
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