Lot n° 377
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Original and significant Savonnerie-style carpet - Lot 377
Original and significant Savonnerie-style carpet
CNA (Compagnie Nationale des Artistes Français aux Indes)
Mid-20th century, 17th-century style
Dimensions: 319 x 297 cm
Wool velour on a cotton backing
In good overall condition; the carpet has been cleaned
A golden-beige field decorated with a very large central poly-lobed medallion featuring azure blue reserves and honeycomb-shaped compartments in the form offans framing a beveled central medallion in old gold and black on a sky-blue background, surrounded by a finely drawn wreath of flowers and foliage
Four pink spandrels with interlacing laurel leaves and stylized lyres
A golden-beige border decorated with rows of stylized candlesticks and serrated golden-yellow flames
Decor inspired by the cartoons of Charles le Brun (1619–1690), Louis XIV’s chief French painter and decorator, who designed the cartoons commissioned by Colbert for Louis XIV for the galleries of the Louvre Palace and the Palace of Versailles.
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