SAVONNERIE TYPE RUG
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Rug is of rectangular shape. The central lozenge shape consists of flowers and gold acanthus leaves on a cream color ground framed by a pink border with laurel leaves, blue French lilies and cornucopias. It is surrounded by blue, green and pink connecting foliate scrolls and garlands of flowers on a brown cream ground. It is framed by rosettes on a pink ground and natural spranges of flowers on a cream color ground with blue edging. The border surrounded with a blue and red trim is made of gadroons interspaced with blue leaves on a black ground.
- Object name:
- SAVONNERIE TYPE RUG
- Made from:
- wool
- Made in:
- France
- Date made:
- 20th c.
- Size:
- H. 17 ft. 2 in., W. 8 ft. 2 in.
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 2015.2.2
- Class:
- RUG
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973