Carpet; Probably from the Real Fábrica de tapices, Madrid, ca.1950. Wool. Some marks of use.
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Carpet; Possibly from the Royal Tapestry Factory, Madrid, ca.1950.
Wool.
Some marks of use.
Measurements: 245 x 350 cm.
Carpet of large dimensions and rectangular format. It has a light beige main field with a central medallion bordered with garlands. Around it, rosettes and festoons of Greco-Roman inspiration are distributed in symmetrical developments. A vegetal border in shades of green is surrounded by small rosettes.
The Royal Tapestry Factory of Santa Bárbara was founded in Madrid in 1721 by Philip V, in imitation of the French royal workshops that followed Colbert's model, to supply the tapestries for the royal offices. Although initially the Royal Factory's production was centred on tapestries, the production of carpets soon became its means of survival, and therefore the basis of its production. It seems that it was in 1786 that the first of the Stuycks, the family that would exercise the artistic direction of the factory until the beginning of the 21st century, asked the king for permission for a nephew to weave "Turkish" carpets (knotted, not woven like a tapestry). These first carpets were in the Charles IV style, a language very much indebted to French classicism, with Hispanic touches and sometimes certain influences of the Empire style.
Wool.
Some marks of use.
Measurements: 245 x 350 cm.
Carpet of large dimensions and rectangular format. It has a light beige main field with a central medallion bordered with garlands. Around it, rosettes and festoons of Greco-Roman inspiration are distributed in symmetrical developments. A vegetal border in shades of green is surrounded by small rosettes.
The Royal Tapestry Factory of Santa Bárbara was founded in Madrid in 1721 by Philip V, in imitation of the French royal workshops that followed Colbert's model, to supply the tapestries for the royal offices. Although initially the Royal Factory's production was centred on tapestries, the production of carpets soon became its means of survival, and therefore the basis of its production. It seems that it was in 1786 that the first of the Stuycks, the family that would exercise the artistic direction of the factory until the beginning of the 21st century, asked the king for permission for a nephew to weave "Turkish" carpets (knotted, not woven like a tapestry). These first carpets were in the Charles IV style, a language very much indebted to French classicism, with Hispanic touches and sometimes certain influences of the Empire style.
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Carpet; Probably from the Real Fábrica de tapices, Madrid, ca.1950. Wool. Some marks of use.
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000
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