Antique French Needlepoint Rug, Black with Roses, Raspberry Border, Circa 1890

$7,500.00

A 19th-century French needlepoint rug from around 1890, measuring approximately 152.5 × 244.0 cm (about 5'2" × 8'8"). The composition is built on an unusually dramatic black ground, set with a rose pattern and framed by a raspberry-red border — a confident, painterly color palette characteristic of the high decorative French needlepoint tradition of the late 19th century. French needlepoint carpets are made by stitching wool yarn through an open-weave canvas backing, producing a flat, embroidery-like surface that has been valued in formal interiors for centuries. Hand-stitched wool. Authentic one-of-a-kind antique.