Savonnerie Design Wool Carpet Vintage such as arabesques and medallions

such as arabesques and medallions contrasted against a uniform field

It is a design using geometric symbols to represent feelings

Style: Antique Persian Tabriz Wool Carpet

The knots were often symmetric

Savonnerie Design Wool Carpet Vintage such as arabesques and medallionsFrench 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