A Royal Louis XIV Savonnerie Fragmentary Carpet, Circa 1668-1688
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Royal Louis XIV Savonnerie Fragmentary Carpet, Circa 1668-1688
centered by an arched rectangular fragmentary cartouche depicting a village in a mountainous landscape, surrounded by acanthus scrolls and rosettes on a chocolate-brown ground within a gold and pale blue cabochon border
approximately 13 ft. 10 in. by 7 ft. 8 in.
422 by 234 cm
Commissioned by Louis XIV to furnish the Grand Galerie au bord de l'eau in the Palais du Louvre, Paris, c.1668-1688;
Collection of Dr. Alexandre Benchoufi, Sotheby's New York, 9 November 2006, lot 41;
Dr. Bruce Wilson, Memphis, Tennessee;
Christie's New York, 18 June 2024, lot 100;
Where acquired by the present collector.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Dr. Wolf Burchard, "Savonnerie Reviewed: Charles Le Brun and the ‘Grand Tapis de pied d’ouvrage a la Turque’, woven for the Grande Galerie at the Louvre," Furniture History, vol. XLVIII, 2012, pp.1-43
Pierre Verlet, The James A de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor: the Savonnerie, Fribourg 1982, p. 485
Jean Vittet, 'Contribution à l’histoire de la Manufacture de la Savonnerie au XVIIe siècle: l’atelier de Simon et Philippe Lourdet d’après les minutes notariales', Bulletin de la Société de l’Histoire de l’Art Français, 1995, p.99-118
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