Savonnerie carpet

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• Savonnerie carpet —  French pile floor covering, usually large, whether made at the Savonnerie workshop or made in that manner and style. The Savonnerie factory (on the site of a former soap factory, hence the name) was established in Paris in 1627 at the Hospice de …   Universalium

• Savonnerie manufactory — Tapis de Savonnerie, under Louis XIV, after Charles Le Brun, made for the Grande Galerie in the Louvre …   Wikipedia

• savonnerie — ˌsavənˈrē, ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: French (La) Savonnerie, carpet factory manufacturing Savonnerie carpets established in 1628 on the site of a former soap factory at Chaillot, near the Seine, in Paris, from …   Useful english dictionary

• Carpet Museum of Iran — Carpet Museum of Iran, Tehran Located in Tehran, beside Laleh Park, and founded in 1976, the Carpet Museum of Iran exhibits a variety of Persian carpets from all over Iran, dating from 18th century to present. The museum s exhibition hall… …   Wikipedia

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• Savonnerie — The Savonnerie manufactory was the most prestigious European manufactory of knotted pile carpets, enjoying its greatest period ca. 1650–1685; the cachet of its name is casually applied to many knotted pile carpets made at other centers. The… …   Wikipedia

• carpet — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rug, drugget; wall to wall, broadloom, Oriental, etc. See covering. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. carpeting, rug, floor covering, matting, wall to wall carpet, indoor carpeting, outdoor carpeting; see also… …   English dictionary for students

• carpet — Synonyms and related words: Axminster, Brussels carpet, Caucasian rug, Chinese rug, East Indian rug, Indian rug, Oriental rug, Persian rug, Savonnerie, Turkish rug, Wilton, asphalt, berate, blacktop, body Brussels, broadloom, carpeting, causeway …   Moby Thesaurus

• rug and carpet — Any decorative textile normally made of a thick material and intended as a floor covering. Floor coverings made of plaited rushes date from the 5th or 4th millennium BC. Carpets were first made in central and western Asia as coverings for earthen …   Universalium

• Aubusson carpet — Floor covering produced at the village of Aubusson in central France. A centre for the production of tapestries and furniture coverings since the 16th century, Aubusson was granted the title of Royal Manufactory in 1665. In 1743 workshops were… …   Universalium