Savonnerie Design Wool Carpet Vintage to the incredible craftsmanship that

to the incredible craftsmanship that went into the original composition

The knots were often symmetric

Design: Persian Kirman Carpet

Rug Number: 70003282

the artwork of well-known painters was often translated into rugs

Savonnerie Design Wool Carpet Vintage to the incredible craftsmanship thatFrench carpet production, encouraged by Henry IV, used Turkish rugs as a template. Later, rugs, known as Savonnerie, after the soap factory outside of Paris where they were produced, drew on Dutch and Flemish paintings and textiles for inspiration and contained floral and military motifs. Rug production also began in Aubusson in the mid 1700s, and other cities as well, but the golden age came to an end with the start of the French Revolution. Several