Set of Four Armchairs and Settee
Cleveland Museum of Art

Set of Four Armchairs and Settee

Royal Savonnerie Manufactory, Chaillot Workshops (French, est. 1627) · c. 1715

carved wood, Savonnerie knotted-pile (symmetrical rug knot) upholstery; wool, hemp
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The Savonnerie factory can trace its origins to a small carpet studio which set up shop in 1615 south of Paris in a factory that had formerly made soap (<em>savon</em> in French), hence the name Savonnerie.

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