Although the production of authentic Aubusson textiles and other furniture is based in Aubusson, France, and at just a handful of small weaving workshops in nearby Felletin, the exceptionally detailed tapestries are renowned throughout the world as wall hangings, carpets and upholstery for a range of seating including sofas and armchairs.
Aubusson’s centuries-old tapestry production industry was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009 by UNESCO, affirming its importance in European decorative arts. The complex and labor-intensive process of weaving images involves hand-dyed wool to achieve specific hues, giving landscapes, scenes and floral patterns a distinctive realism.
Dating back at least to the 16th century, the Aubusson style has changed over time, with early work influenced by Turkish rugs that were popular with the European elite before the rise of the Italian Renaissance with its natural motifs. In 1665, the Aubusson workshops received the Manufacture Royale title, raising their visibility in France and beyond during the 17th century, with many authentic Aubusson tapestries produced for royal palaces and other prominent residences.
In the 18th century, the design of Aubusson textiles reflected the fad for chinoiserie. During the Arts and Crafts movement of the late 19th century, artisans from Aubusson were involved with the Old Windsor Tapestry Manufactory in England. In the 20th century, now-iconic artists such as Alexander Calder and Joan Miró worked with Aubusson weavers on pieces.
The Cité Internationale de la Tapisserie complex, which features a museum, opened in 2016 in Aubusson to recognize and preserve this heritage.
Find a collection of authentic Aubusson rugs and carpets, pillows, wall decorations and other furniture on 1stDibs.
Nice vintage French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry « Autumn-winter »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Exquisite French tapestry from the mid-20th century, featuring a beautiful design titled « Automne-Hiver» ( Autumn-winter ) and nice colours, woven at renowned Jules Pansu workshops...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Wonderful Fine antique french handwoven Aubusson tapestry «lovers who fish»
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Discover the timeless elegance of this late 19th century French Aubusson tapestry Magnificent Aubusson tapestry, entirely and extremely finely hand-woven in wool and silk, showcasi...
Wool, Cotton, Silk
Nice modern French Aubusson Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Vintage 20th-century wall aubusson tapestry featuring a striking modernist design with birds in flight above stylized ocean waves.A bold and dynamic composition with vibrant contrast...
Wool, Cotton
Nice Midcentury French Aubusson Style Jacquard Halluin Tapestry « landscape »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful mid-20th-century French tapestry woven on Jacquard looms with wool, cotton and acrylic . .The "verdure" genre was very popular in the 17th century and gave rise to sumptuo...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Nice French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry « Romance of the Rose »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Exquisite Aubusson-style mid century tapestry featuring a captivating medieval design. A magnificent tapestry depicting the Romance of the Rose, an iconic work of medieval literatur...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Antique French Aubusson Rug with Botanical Green Floral Design - Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
This 9x12 antique French Aubusson rug is a distinguished wool piece from France dating to circa 1890-1900. The rug features an elegant botanical floral composition rendered in soft i...
Wool
Nice large Antique French Aubusson tapestry "landscape with fox hunting"
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
19th Century Aubusson Tapestry – Fox Hunting Scene in the 18th Century Style A fine 19th century Aubusson tapestry, woven in the style of the celebrated French tapestries of the 18t...
Wool, Silk
The Verdant Court of Virtue: A Chinese Aubusson Masterpiece of Flemish Grandeur
Located in Dallas, TX
79487 Vintage Chinese Aubusson Tapestry, 05'08 x 05'01. This handwoven wool vintage Chinese Aubusson tapestry is a lush homage to the legendary Flemish Feuilles de Choux verdure trad...
Wool
Beautiful antique fine french handwoven Aubusson tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Impressive early 20th-century Aubusson tapestry depicting a lively pastoral hunting scene, rich in detail and color. At the center, an elegant château rises in the background, surrou...
Wool, Cotton, Silk
Return from the Hunt: A Regal Chinese Aubusson Tapestry of Aristocratic Leisure
Located in Dallas, TX
79485 Vintage Chinese Aubusson Tapestry, 05'10 x 04'03. This handwoven wool vintage Chinese Aubusson tapestry unfolds like a courtly page from a Renaissance chronicle—an ode to privi...
Wool
$4,268Sale Price|20% Off
Antique French Pictorial Tapestry 96cm×112cm Medieval 3×4 Hunting Scene c.1920
Located in New York, NY
This French Tapestry Pictorial Hunting Scene, dating to circa 1920, showcases a vibrant forest tableau featuring a hunter, dog, lush foliage, and an architectural background, rendere...
Wool
Nice vintage French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry cushion face
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Pretty small French tapestry from the late-20th century, featuring a beautiful design and nice colours, woven in jacquard loom by wool acrylic a...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Pretty vintage French Aubusson style Jacquard Tapestry « the feast of Venus »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Discover the timeless elegance of this exquisite vintage French tapestry featuring a replica of the painting by 17th century French painter, Pierre Paul Rubens...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Pretty Vintage French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry, Verdure
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful vintage French Aubusson style tapestry with a nice design of Typical 18th century verdure, depicting a green country landscape with a pond. Bring a little reminder of natu...
Wool
Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style Jaquar Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very pretty Aubusson style tapestry with nice galant design and beautiful colors, woven with mechanical Jaquar looms with wool, acrylic and cotton. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of lu...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Pretty Large Vintage French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry « pastoral loves »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Introducing a magnificent 20th-century tapestry that captures the essence of the gentle joys of life, festivities, music, and above all, love. Set against a rustic backdrop, shepherd...
Wool, Cotton
Nice vintage French Aubusson Style Panel Jacquard Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Exquisite French panel tapestry, from the late 20th century, featuring a beautiful design and nice colours, woven at renowned workshops in jacquard looms in France by wool acrylic ...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Pretty antique French Aubusson style Jacquard Tapestry, by ludovico marchetti
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Elevate your space with a stunning antique Aubusson-style tapestry from the early 20th century. Meticulously woven on a jacquard loom using a blend of luxurious wool and cotton, this...
Wool, Cotton
Pretty vintage French Aubusson style Jacquard Tapestry « Hunting with hounds »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Discover the timeless elegance of this exquisite vintage French tapestry featuring a hunting with hounds scene. A noble pastime and a favorite pastime of the great men of the time,...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Pretty Vintage French Hand Printed Tapestry Titled "the danse"
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice 20th century French tapestry, in style of Aubusson tapestries, with a design of a medieval museum tapestry called « La Danse » ( The Danse) and beautiful colors, hand printed on...
Cotton
Pretty Vintage French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry « pastoral loves »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Introducing a magnificent 20th-century tapestry that captures the essence of the gentle joys of life, festivities, music, and above all, love. Set against a rustic backdrop, shepherd...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Nice French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Exquisite French tapestry from the mid-20th century, featuring a beautiful design, showing a gallant scene with young people playing hide and seek game, with nice colours in hues of...
Wool, Cotton
Nice Midcentury French Aubusson Style Jacquard Halluin Tapestry « landscape »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful mid-20th-century French tapestry woven on Jacquard looms with wool, cotton and acrylic . .The "verdure" genre was very popular in the 17th century and gave rise to sumptuo...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Nice 19th century French Aubusson tapestry «landscape»
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Late 19th Century Aubusson Tapestry – Pastoral Landscape with Floral Border A beautiful late 19th-century Aubusson tapestry featuring a richly detailed pastoral landscape in warm, e...
Wool, Silk
Nice French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Exquisite French tapestry from the mid-20th century, featuring a beautiful design of a port in Europe, in the 17th century, with boats at the docks, sailors getting ready, freight c...
Wool, Cotton
Antique Signed French Jean-Baptiste Deshays Pictorial Tapestry
Located in Long Island City, NY
Made with handwoven wool, this 12x18 antique French Beauvais tapestry represents an iconic museum-quality addition to Rug & Kilim's Tapestry Collection—an extremely collectible a...
Wool
Nice vintage French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry « Troubadour »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Exquisite French tapestry from the late-20th century, featuring a beautiful design titled « Troubadour » ( Troubadour « music instrument ») and nice colours, woven at renowned Jules...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
$15,996Sale Price|20% Off
Late 19th Century French Aubusson Tapestry Panel
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson verdure tapestry panel from the late 19th century, depicting a heron in front of a lake, surrounded by foliage and with a cottage in the distance, and presenting a ...
Wool
$15,500Sale Price|20% Off
8×11 Flemish Verdure Tapestry 236×330cm Forest Landscape Tapestry c.1650
Located in New York, NY
This 17th-century Flemish verdure tapestry is a finely woven wool-and-silk landscape, featuring lush trees, rolling hills, and an ornate fruit-and-foliage border in rich blue-green t...
Wool, Silk
pretty vintage French screen printed tapestry « bird merchants »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice vintage French screen printed tapestry by hand with beautiful design and beautiful colors. Discover a stunning mid-20th-century tapestry, m...
Wool, Cotton
Nice vintage French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry « classic Verdure»
By Jules Pansu
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Exquisite French tapestry from the mid-20th century, featuring a beautiful design titled « Le Lignon » inspired by an 18th-century tapestry, made by the Aubusson workshops. Classi...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Bobyrug’s Nice French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry « Villagers celebration »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Exquisite Aubusson-style mid century tapestry featuring a captivating design inspired by the 17th-century Flemish painter David Tenier. Titled 'Villagers' Celebration,' it beautiful...
Wool, Cotton
Bobyrug’s Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style Jaquar Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful vintage French Aubusson style tapestry with a nice design and beautiful colors, entirely woven with wool and cotton. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of luxury and craftsmanshi...
Wool, Cotton
Large vintage French Aubusson style Jacquard Tapestry « Hunting with hounds »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Discover the timeless elegance of this exquisite vintage French tapestry featuring a hunting with hounds scene. A noble pastime and a favorite pastime of the great men of the time,...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Pretty antique French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry panel "hunting"
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Elegant French tapestry from the mid 20th century, woven on the jacquard looms in the traditional 18th century Aubusson style, Elevate your space with the charm of this beautiful...
Wool, Cotton
Pretty antique French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry panel "dog and birds"
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Elegant French tapestry from the mid 20th century, woven on the jacquard looms in the traditional 18th century Aubusson style, Elevate your space with the charm of this beautiful...
Wool, Cotton
Pretty wide vintage French Aubusson style Jacquard Tapestry « NOBLE HUNTING »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Elegant large vintage French tapestry depicting a classic pastoral hunting scene. The artwork shows finely dressed riders on horseback accompanied by hunting dogs, set in a lush cou...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Nice vintage French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry cushion face
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Pretty small French tapestry from the late-20th century, featuring a beautiful design and nice colours, woven in jacquard loom by wool acrylic a...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Signed Vintage Rene Perrot Pictorial and Floral Tapestry Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
This 9x12 vintage Aubusson tapestry is a rare and special new curation from Rug & Kilim—a signed mid-century original by French artist Rene Perrot, handwoven in wool and originating ...
Wool
Nice French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Exquisite French tapestry from the mid-20th century, featuring a beautiful design, showing a gallant scene with two couples, one sitting at the foot of a tree, and the other arrivin...
Wool, Cotton
pretty antique French medieval design Aubusson style Jacquard tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Experience the timeless elegance of 'Scènes Galantes,' a stunning early 20th century French tapestry featuring a medieval design inspired by the 15th-century masterpiece from the Cl...
Wool
$25,995Sale Price|42% Off
17th Century French Aubusson Mythological Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson mythological tapestry from the 17th century, depicting the Spartan king, Menelaus, seated at left, sending his brother...
Wool
Nice 17th century Aubusson tapestry fragment panel
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful antique Aubusson tapestry fragment dating from the 17th century, featuring a finely dressed female figure in a classic, possibly allegorical or pastoral scene. The composi...
Cotton, Silk
Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry, "Greenery at the mill"
By Jules Pansu
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Exquisite late 20th-century French tapestry featuring the enchanting design 'VERDURE AU MOULIN' after François Boucher. Capturing nature in its most picturesque form, adorned with p...
Wool, Cotton
Pretty vintage French Aubusson style Jacquard Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Discover the timeless elegance of this exquisite vintage French tapestry featuring a captivating scene (possibly attributed to François Boucher, an 18th century French painter) of t...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
$13,883Sale Price|20% Off
Antique French Wool & Silk Tapestry 260cmx267cm Fountain Scene Fine 9x9 c.1750
Located in New York, NY
This 18th century Flemish tapestry features allegorical musicians and a mythical dragon set within a lush, detailed landscape. Finely woven in wool and silk, it offers exceptional de...
Wool, Silk
Pretty vintage French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry « Verdure»
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Elegant French tapestry from the 20th century, woven on the jacquard looms in the traditional 18th century Aubusson style, depicting a refined pastoral landscape. Add a touch of ele...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Nice 17th century Flanders tapestry "iconic scene"
By Royal Manufacture of Aubusson
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
17th Century Flemish Tapestry Fragment – Mythological Scene Beautiful 17th-century Flemish tapestry fragment, handwoven in wool, silk highlights, depicting an elegant mythological o...
Wool, Silk
pretty vintage French medieval design screen printed tapestry «gallant parties»
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice vintage French screen printed by hand tapestry with beautiful medieval design and beautiful colors. Discover a stunning mid-20th-century tapestry, meticulously hand-printed on a...
Wool, Cotton
$4,011Sale Price|20% Off
Exceptional Rug Handmade Aubusson Rug French Carpet Vintage Rust Beige Wool Rugs
Located in Wembley, GB
This fantastic area rug has been handwoven with a beautiful symmetrical floral design woven on an ivory rust background with Beige, red, cream green and ivory accents. This elegant p...
Wool, Cotton, Organic Material
$747Sale Price|20% Off
Handmade Carpet French Aubusson Rug, Cream Wool Livingroom Rug
Located in Wembley, GB
Are you looking for a new accessory to introduce into your home? Then look no further! This elegant piece features a subtle colour palette of cream and beige that make up the symmetr...
Tapestry, Wool, Cotton, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
The Divine Dance: A Vintage Chinese Aubusson Tapestry of Classical Elegance
Located in Dallas, TX
79488 Vintage Chinese Aubusson Tapestry, 04'09 x 06'05. This handwoven wool vintage Chinese Aubusson tapestry captures one of Western art’s most enduring ideals—the Three Graces—reim...
Wool
$16,250
Antique French Aubusson Rug
Located in New York, NY
An antique flat-woven French Aubusson carpet from the early 20th century.
Wool
$89,995Sale Price|50% Off
17th Century French Aubusson Verdure Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson verdure landscape tapestry from the 17th century, featuring a paradisiacal vision of a remote cottage with a beautiful waterfall placed within a lush lakeside setti...
Wool
1920s Ivory Floral Medalion Antique European Flatweave Wool Chain Stitch Rug
Located in New York, NY
this Early 20th Century European carpet is a magnificent representation of the historic Aubusson design heritage. Handcrafted circa 1920, this investment-grade specimen commands the ...
Wool
Pretty Mid Century French Aubusson style Jacquard Tapestry, « L'escarpolette »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very pretty mid century french Aubusson style tapestry with beautiful design from the painter Fragonard. "The Swing Tapestry, painted in the 18th centu...
Wool, Cotton
Nice 18th century Aubusson tapestry «rest in the forest»
By Royal Manufacture of Aubusson
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful 18th-century french Aubusson fragment tapestry depicting an elegant scene of two people rest set in the heart of a wooded. The color palette, dominated by shades of blue, ...
Wool, Silk
Pretty antique French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry panel "dog and birds"
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Elegant French tapestry from the mid 20th century, woven on the jacquard looms in the traditional 18th century Aubusson style, Elevate your space with the charm of this beautiful...
Wool, Cotton
1900s Cream Rose Floral Antique French Aubusson Carpet 12'x15'6" Woven Wool Rug
Located in New York, NY
19th Century French Aubusson Carpet ( 12' x 15'6" - 365 x 472 ) Antique Aubusson French Ivory 1900s Rug, Circa Date: 1900s. This exquisite French Aubusson piece captures the eleganc...
Wool
18th Century French Aubusson Floral Rug Fragment
Located in Los Angeles, US
An exceptional example of French Aubusson weaving, this eighteenth century carpet fragment features an intricate arrangement of floral wreaths enclosed within a structured lattice pa...
Wool