Wool

AUBUSSON

The field is a warm brown ground overlaid with a tone-on-tone scrolling acanthus lattice, across which loose bouquets of roses, daisies, and small blue and yellow blossoms are scattered in an irregular, naturalistic arrangement. The bouquets combine cream, blush pink, coral, and gold blooms with soft olive foliage, arranged without a strict repeat so that clusters of varying density appear along the sides and center. There is no distinct border, the floral sprays running to the edges of the brown scrollwork field, framed simply by a narrow dark outline.

AUBUSSON

Oval

A pale ivory ground carries a central medallion formed of scrolling acanthus leaves that frames a radiating star-shaped rosette in soft coral and celadon. Elongated cartouches with sprays of small florals extend along the vertical axis toward the rounded ends, while the border repeats a garland of scrolling foliage and rosettes echoing the medallion's palette. Faint sprigs of blossoms are scattered loosely across the open field between the central and corner ornament.

Aubusson

An ivory ground centers on an oval medallion outlined in beading, scattered with small pink and green floral sprays on a paler oval field. Corner spandrels and cartouches carry acanthus scrollwork in gold and tan tones with clusters of pink roses, framed by a soft peach border and an outer ivory band with a shaped, scalloped inner contour.

AUBUSSON

A pale ivory field is dominated by a large central medallion in the form of an oval cartouche, framed by a beaded border and enclosing a bouquet of pink roses and white blossoms tied with ribbon. Scrolling acanthus vinework and small floral wreaths occupy the spandrels and corners, rendered in soft pink, sage green, and muted gold against the cream ground. The wide outer border repeats a trailing floral vine on a pale mauve-beige band, echoing the delicate palette of the interior.

AUBUSSON

Empire period

A central ivory medallion with a radiating rosette and encircling floral garland anchors the deep olive-green field, which is otherwise scattered with small stylized rosette sprigs. Each corner holds a matching bouquet of pink, white, and blue blossoms tied with looping ribbon, set against the same ground. The wide border is built from a continuous scrolling acanthus vine in gold and rust tones on black, framed by narrower striped bands in yellow, red, and green.

AUBUSSON

A near-black ground centers on a large scalloped medallion in dusty mauve outlined with cream scrollwork, enclosing a radiating starburst rosette in ivory and gold at its heart. Scattered sprigs of small russet flowers fill the field around the medallion, while the border repeats a lattice of cream diamonds against mauve, framed by narrow black and gold bands with fleur-de-lis corner ornaments.

AUBUSSON

An ivory field opens around a scalloped medallion enclosing a bouquet of pink and burgundy roses tied with acanthus scrolls in soft tan and green. The wide border repeats this scrollwork in salmon and pale blue, punctuated by four oval cartouches at the corners each holding a smaller floral spray, and framed by a narrow striped guard band.

AUBUSSON

An ivory ground is overlaid with a lattice of looping garlands tied with pale blue ribbon, forming lozenge compartments that radiate from a central oval medallion filled with a loose bouquet of pink and white blossoms. The corners hold musical trophies of crossed horns, quivers, and ribboned wreaths in muted gold, rose, and blue, and a narrow ribbon-and-wreath border frames the field on all sides.

AUBUSSON

Round

A central rosette of layered acanthus leaves surrounds a small blue flower, radiating outward into eight wedge-shaped compartments alternating in pale ivory and soft blue-grey, each enclosing a small floral medallion. A broad golden-yellow band encircles this field, bordered by an interlocking ring motif in blue and cream, framed by a narrow guard of stylized leaf forms in muted grey-green.

AUBUSSON

Attributed to Maison Jansen

An ivory ground is organized by a diagonal lattice of pale blue banding studded with small berry-like clusters, forming a grid of interlocking medallions. Each medallion holds a radiating rosette of soft red, blue-grey and cream petals set within a scalloped, leafy surround in muted gold and sage, while smaller four-pointed floral forms fill the intersections of the trellis. A narrow floral guard stripe in matching blue and gold frames the composition within a plain blue outer border.

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