Soumak

Art Deco Savonnerie

The field is filled with a repeating pattern of large stylized sunflower-like blooms and curling leaf forms, arranged in four rows of paired motifs across a plain, unadorned brown border. The palette moves through tones of cream, tan, taupe and deep chocolate brown, with small checkerboard accents set within the flower heads. A woven monogram appears in the lower right corner of the border, otherwise left plain.

French Savonnerie

A tonal field in warm ivory carries an allover scrolling arabesque worked in low relief, the vinework curling into palmettes and rosettes that culminate in a small central medallion barely distinguished from the ground. A matching scroll-and-palmette border frames the field on all sides, rendered in the same soft contrast so that pattern reads through texture and sheen rather than color change.

Aubusson

The field is dominated by a large radiating star burst, its elongated ivory points alternating with shorter blue-gray rays, all converging on a central circular medallion in soft peach and pale green concentric rings. Fine incised lines in rose and ochre trace the length of each point, giving the motif a faceted, sundial-like quality against a muted sand ground. A narrow rose-pink guard stripe separates the field from a plain outer border in a warm taupe-olive tone, and a small woven mark appears in the lower left corner.

Romb

Swedish Pile Technique

The field is filled edge to edge with a dense chevron and zigzag lattice, the diagonal lines interlocking to form small diamonds and stepped triangles across the surface. Pale steel-blue lines thread through a ground of taupe and ivory, with a narrow plain ivory border framing the composition on all sides. The pattern runs continuously without a distinct central medallion, giving the surface an all-over, unbroken rhythm.

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