Vintage Aubusson Flat Weave Rug, Blue Fleur-de-Lis, 9' x 12'

Vintage Aubusson in soft French blue. The field is a tone-on-tone damask of leaves and blossoms scattered with rows of small brown and gold fleur-de-lis and interlaced ribbon knots. A frame of laurel branches with stepped, architectural corners surrounds the field, and a plain slate blue border finishes it. A calm, tailored design that reads as a solid from across the room.Hand woven in China, circa 1980. Hand woven in the Aubusson tapestry technique: a flat weave made entirely by hand, colour by colour, the same way carpets were woven in Aubusson, France in the 18th century. 100% wool, with no pile and no latex. Carpets from this workshop carry a label stating they use more than sixty shades of wool and take a team of designers and weavers over a year to complete.Brand new and never used, yet vintage: it was woven decades ago and is no longer in production. Rare and one of a kind.