Rugs and Carpet- Types of rugs and Recommended Uses(Terrence Charles)

Company Name: Doris Leslie Blau

Style: Antique

Address: 306 E 61^st Street, 7^th Floor

New York, NY 10065

Telephone: (212)-586-5511

Email:

Website: http://www.dorisleslieblau.com/

Contact Person: N/A

Product Information/ model numbers:

#BB5178

Antique French Directoire Savonnerie Carpet

Circa 18200

Price: $250,000

Dimensions: 25’9”x16’

Special Remarks:

This product is an antique Savonnerie carpet from the early 19^th in the Directoire style. One knows can identify this by the use of Roman and earlier Greek classical motifs throughout the pattern, such as palmettes, rosettes, and garland/swag aligned in a strict symmetrical grid broken by geometric medallions. However, the most telling sign is the use Napoleon’s emblem, the pure white swan. Percier and Fontaine’s influence is seen in the coloration and use of the masculine rust ground highlighted with golden motifs with touches of green in smaller elements that hint at the coming Empire style.