A CHARLES X AUBUSSON PILE CARPET

CIRCA 1830

细节

A CHARLES X AUBUSSON PILE CARPET
Circa 1830
The shaded green field with brightly coloured scrolling acanthus terminating in rosettes issuing from the sides of two acanthus leaf vases filled with dense floral sprays above and below an ivory roundel within a dense floral wreath containing a bold concentric rosette, a delicate band of columbine around the edges of the field, in an open border of dense continuous flowering and fruiting foliage linked at each corner by 'moulded' golden acanthus mounts within outer spiralling ribbon, plain light blue, tan and black stripes, a few areas of localised wear with the occasional knot repiled, very slight repair and split at one end, slightly weak wefts in places
24 ft. 9 in. x 18 ft. 1 in. (661 cm. x 551 cm.)

拍场告示

The measurements for this piece are 21ft. 9 in. x 18ft. 1 in. and not as stated in the catalogue.

拍品专文

While Aubusson is better known for its flatwoven rugs, its earliest carpet manufacturing history is entirely that of pile weaving. Since the Savonnerie workshops could only produce carpets for the crown, there was a demand in the market for good quality pile carpets for non-royal patrons. The present lot and lot 135 are both examples of this, being made in the piled technique la faon de la Savonnerie and after the designs of Saint-Ange, the most influential designer of the period, but with slightly simplified details and of slightly coarser construction than the contemporary Savonnerie carpets.