Antique French Rugs - Designers and artists in Francehave influenced individuals around the world. The voguish style of antique French rugs from any era dictated worldwide design trends. This revolutionary nation started the Art Deco style and the first modern design movement, but they also pioneered the elegance of Baroque and Rococo styles. From the Savonnerie carpets and Goblins tapestries commissioned by Louis XIV to the Art Deco rugs created by the first pop-culture designers, it's difficult to find a nation that influenced classic Baroque designs and modern trends as much as France did. The fashions of Franceare continually evolving, but these spectacular antique French rugs and European tapestries are enduring records of the transformation. The antique tapestry rugs of Aubusson and the fine needlepoint carpets that exude elegance are products of the nation's abiding love for design.
Inventions and technological advances like the Jacquard loom and weaving cartoons based on the art of accomplished painters were all taken in stride. Unlike areas that resist change, French designers live and breathe revolution. This spontaneous creativity produced some of the most iconic styles in history. The floriferous garlands featured in antique Savonnerie and Aubusson carpets are abruptly contrasted by the experimental Art Deco styles that followed. French designers have consistently been willing to break the mold, redefine classicism and develop new styles. These characteristics have helped antique French carpets and tapestries earn an everlasting place in our hearts and homes.
French rugs are known for the stately and elegant Aubusson and Savonnerie designs. The Aubusson is a flat woven rug typically featuring a medallion and a pastel palette. Unlike the Aubusson, the Savonnerie features a thicker pile although it similarly shares the soft colors. Produced from the 17th through 19th centuries primarily for the upper class, French rugs epitomized high design. Typically these rugs are large in size due to their usage in palatial and stately homes.
History Of French Rugs
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80 Rugs Found in French Carpets
This exquisite little antique French tapestry depictsa scene drawn from classical mythology or allegory.
This spectacularly styled vintage French tapestry features a fantastical naturalistic landscape scene decorated with stylized plants and ornate avian creatures.
This unique decorative antique French Tapestry is hand-made from fine wool in France.
Designed by the king of abstract modern art, this vintage Picasso art carpet displays a fabulous expressionist portrait with bold brush strokes and dazzling colors.
Modeled after a famous Picasso linocut, this vintage mid-century art carpet captures the playful, provocative style of Picasso's work in a luxurious textile medium.
This fabulous vintage French Kilim features an outrageously stylish zebra print pattern rendered in a kitschy-chic combination of sandy ecru and midnight blue.
Although the color and design are Art Deco, the basic form of the design on this striking piece still relates to the classic Oriental rug medallion design.
Although the color and design are Art Deco, the basic form of the design on this striking piece still relates to the classic Oriental rug medallion design.
A genre scene of the hunt is the subject of this charming antique French tapestry.
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