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.
Pretty Fine vintage French Aubusson Tapestry “Claude Monet” design by R Four
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful and fine Aubusson tapestry with a nice design of the French painter Claude Monet, with beautiful colours, entirely and finely handwoven at renowned Robrt Four workshop...
Wool, Cotton
Bobyrug’s Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style Jaquar Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very pretty mid century French tapestry with nice galant design and beautiful colors, mechanical Jaquar manufacturing woven with wool and cotton. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of luxu...
Wool, Cotton
Bobyrug’s Nice French Aubusson Style Jaquar Tapestry Design « La Filandière »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Stunning midcentury French tapestry, featuring a design inspired by the medieval tapestry from museum, « La Filandiere » . Called « return from hunting ». This woolen tapestry beauti...
Wool, Cotton
Bobyrug’s Nice French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Exquisite French tapestry from the mid-20th century, featuring a beautiful design and nice colours, woven on jacquard looms by wool and cotton. » ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of lux...
Wool, Cotton
Bobyrug’s pretty mid century French Aubusson style Jacquard tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Discover the elegance of this exquisite French tapestry featuring a charming lakeside design and beautiful colors. Crafted on Jacquard looms at Jules Pansu manufacturing using fine c...
Cotton
Beautiful Vintage French Jaquar Tapestry basket of flowers design
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exquisite vintage French Aubusson style tapestry, with beautiful design of a basket of flowers and beautiful colours with a red background, pink, orange, yellow, blue green and white...
Wool, Cotton
Bobyrug’s Beautiful vintage Aubusson style French Jacquard tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exquisite tapestry from the second half of the 20th century, featuring a design inspired by Jean Baptiste Huet, the French painter (1745-1811), titled "La Fontaine d'Amour." This cap...
Cotton
Bobyrug’s Pretty Vintage French Jaquar Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice french tapestry with beautiful design of a garden of palace with beautiful colors, woven with wool and cotton by mechanical Jaquar manufacturing ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of ...
Wool, Cotton
Bobyrug’s pretty antique French Aubusson tapestry “Guy Laval” modern design
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Stunning 20th-century tapestry featuring a stylized Art Nouveau and Art Deco design by French artist "Guy Laval." Depicting a family in the countryside or forest with warm hues, this...
Wool, Cotton
Bobyrug’s Pretty Jaquar Tapestry Aubusson Museum Style Medieval Design
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Experience the timeless elegance of 'Scènes Galantes,' a stunning vintage French tapestry featuring a medieval design inspired by the 15th-century masterpiece from the Cluny Museum....
Wool, Cotton
Tapisserie scene Pastorale de la Manufacture du Jacquard - 1m16x1m16 - N° 1458
Located in Paris, FR
Located a stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, we are a French family business specializing in the purchase, sale, expertise, cleaning, restoration and conservation of tapes...
Wool
Bobyrug’s nice mid century French Cogolin knotted tapestry
By Royal Manufacture of Aubusson
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice vintage French Cogolin rug or tapestry, with beautiful design of a flowerpot with beautiful flowers and nice colours, entirely hand knotted with wool on cotton foundation. ✨✨✨ ...
Wool, Cotton
French Aubusson Tapestry signed 19th century - A couple of shepherds - No. 1369
By Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Paris, FR
A stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower We are a family business specializing in the purchase, sale and expertise of old, modern and contemporary tapestries, rugs, kilims and textiles....
Wool, Silk
Bobyrug’s Wonderful vintage french Jaquar tapestry with historical design
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
A stunning mid-century French tapestry featuring a captivating battle scene. At the bottom of the tapestry, you'll find an inscription that reads 'Defeat of the Spanish army near the...
Wool, Cotton
$15,995Sale Price|20% Off
18th Century French Aubusson Rustic Tapestry Panel
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson Pastoral tapestry panel from the 18th century, featuring several women in the foreground, and many more in the background, tending to their daily chores while seate...
Wool
20th century Aubusson tapestry - N° 783
Located in Paris, FR
19th century Aubusson tapestry - N° 783 Close to the Eiffel Tower, We are a family business specialized in the purchase, sale and expertise of tapestries, carpets, kilims and textil...
Wool
Antique 19th Century French Aubusson Landscape Tapestry with Swan
Located in New York, NY
Antique 19th century French Aubusson tapestry depicting a pristine and lovely landscape on the banks of a river with a swan and w...
Tapestry, Wool
Antique Long French Aubusson Fragment Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful 19th century french Aubusson fragment of a tapestry with nice design and beautiful light colors, entirely hand woven with wool on cotton. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of lu...
Wool
Vintage Medieval Design French Jaquar Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Pretty mid century French Aubusson style Jaquar tapestry with nice design of medieval tapestries and beautiful colors, mechanical Jaquar woven with...
Wool
Bobyrug’s Pretty French Gallant Scene Jaquar Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Enhance your space with this exquisite vintage French tapestry featuring a romantic scene inspired by François Boucher's 'Les Amours pastorales.' With the 18th-century Rococo style...
Wool, Cotton
17th Century Traditional French Aubusson Style Flat-Weave Rug
Located in Secaucus, NJ
Handwoven recreation of the Classic French flat-weave Aubusson rugs that have been found in the finest homes and palaces since the late 17th century. Size 8' 11” x 11' 11”.
Wool
Bobyrug’s Very Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style French Halluin Jaquar Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Introducing the magnificent "Along the River" French tapestry designed by British artist Harris Rightway. This captivating piece depicts women drawing water from the river and engage...
Wool, Cotton
nice mid century modern hand woven Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful small modern tapestry probably European (unknown artist) with a nice design featuring a design of a boat in the ocean, with the moon above, with beautiful colours, wi...
Wool, Cotton
Bobyrug’s Nice Vintage Aubusson Style Hand Woven Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful Aubusson style tapestry with beautiful gallant design with nice colors, entirely hand woven in Same method than Aubusson tapestries with wool on cotton foundation. ✨✨...
Wool, Cotton
Bobyrug’s Pretty Hand Printed French Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Discover the timeless elegance of our exquisite Midcentury French hand-printed tapestry, a faithful reproduction of the medieval masterpiece "The Lordly Life; Scene Galante, circa 1500" by the French School. Immerse yourself in the artistry of the 16th century, echoing the grandeur of the original tapestry housed in the National Museum of the Middle Ages and Thermes de Cluny, Paris. Elevate your space with this captivating piece of history and indulge in the allure of a bygone era. The piece depicts ten characters, five ladies, two lords and three pages, two of whom have their bodies truncated at the bottom of the tapestry. A few birds take flight, others perch in the trees, under the watchful gaze of a fox. In the center, alongside a young man, a lady in a rich costume carries a parrot on her left hand. This is a true celebration of courtly love. This tapestry is hand printed...
Cotton
Bobyrug’s pretty antique French needlepoint chair cover tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exquisite late 19th-century French needlepoint tapestry originally from a chair cover but can be also use for cushions, or frames. Adorned with a captivating floral design from the N...
Wool, Silk
Bobyrug’s Beautiful Vintage Aubusson Style French Jaquar
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Pretty vintage Aubusson style tapestry with beautiful design of women at the water's edge with beautiful colors, woven with wool and cotton with mechanical Jaquar manufacturing. ✨✨✨...
Wool, Cotton
Bobyrug’s Nice French Modern Aubusson Tapestry by Madeleine LUKA
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exquisite Art Deco - Art Nouveau era Aubusson tapestry, signed by renowned French painter Madeleine LUKA (1894-1989). Titled "Glory of the Rose," this tapestry features a charming sc...
Wool
Bobyrug’s Pretty Vintage French Jaquar Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice mid-century french Aubusson style tapestry with beautiful Boucher style design of a gallant scene and nice colors, woven on mechanical Jaquar manufacturing with wool and cotton....
Wool, Cotton
French Petit Point tapestry / Hallway french carpet - 227x0.53 - No. 666
Located in Paris, FR
A stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower We are a family business specializing in the purchase, sale and expertise of old, modern and contemporary tapestries, rugs, kilims and textiles....
Wool, Silk
Bobyrug’s nice 17th century French Aubusson fragment tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful Belgium Bruxelles 17th century tapestry fragment with beautiful colours, maybe used for a document or be framed .
Wool, Silk
Bobyrug’s nice antique French Aubusson round tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice antique Aubusson tapestry with beautiful floral design and nice Colors, entirely hand woven with wool and silk. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of luxury and craftsmanship with our...
Wool, Silk
Bobyrug’s pretty antique French needlepoint chair cover tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exquisite late 19th-century French needlepoint tapestry originally from a chair cover but can be also use for cushions, or frames. Adorned with a captivating floral design from the N...
Wool, Silk
Bobyrug’s pretty antique French needlepoint chair cover tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exquisite late 19th-century French needlepoint tapestry originally from a chair cover but can be also use for cushions, or frames. Adorned with a captivating floral design from the N...
Wool, Silk
Bobyrug’s Beautiful antique French jacquard tapestry Aubusson style
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exquisite French antique tapestry, Featuring an 18th-century design, this masterpiece depicts a charming tavern scene with couples, one playing...
Wool, Cotton
Bobyrug’s Pretty Vintage French Jaquar Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful mid century French tapestry with nice gallant scene in rural, mechanical Jaquar woven manufacturing, with wool and cotton. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of luxury and crafts...
Wool, Cotton
Vintage French Mechanical Jaquar Tapestry Panel
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful and decorative French Jaguar tapestry panel with nice design and beautiful colors, mechanical Jaquar manufacturing with wool and cotton.
Cotton
1028 - Antique French Jaquar Aubusson Style Tapestry
Located in Paris, FR
1028 - Beautiful late 19th century French tapestry in style of the Aubusson tapestries, with a beautiful design of town, woven with old mechanical Jaquar manufacturing, with wool.
Wool
Bobyrug’s Pretty Vintage French Jaquar Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice mid century French Jaquar tapestry with beautiful rural Aubusson style design and nice colors, mechanical woven with wool. ✨✨✨ "Experience...
Wool
Bobyrug’s Nice Handwoven Aubusson Style Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful Aubusson style rug with nice floral design and beautiful colors, entirely hand woven with wool on cotton foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the ...
Wool, Cotton
Bobyrug’s Nice Vintage Aubusson Style Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Discover the elegance of this midcentury Jaquar tapestry, a mechanical masterpiece reminiscent of François Boucher's style. Adorned with a romantic design, vibrant hues of blue, yell...
Wool
Bobyrug’s Nice Midcentury France Aubusson Style Jaquar Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exceptional mid-20th-century French tapestry woven on Jacquard looms in Halluin stitch with wool and cotton. Inspired by François Boucher, it depicts a gentleman presenting a bird to...
Wool, Cotton
Bobyrug’s Luxurious Very Fine Silk French Aubusson Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Wonderful Aubusson tapestry with very beautiful gallant scene design and light colors, entirely and very finely handwoven with silk. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of luxury and crafts...
Silk
Beautiful New Floral Design Bessarabian Style Flat Kilim Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice new Kilim with beautiful floral design Aubusson style with beautiful colors, entirely handwoven with wool on cotton foundation. Size: 170 x 240 cm.
Wool
Bobyrug’s Nice Vintage French Aubusson Style Jaquar Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Pretty vintage Aubusson style tapestry with beautiful medieval design and nice colors, entirely woven with mechanical Jaquar manufacturing with wool and cotton. ✨✨✨ "Experience the ...
Wool, Cotton
236 - 19th Century Tapestry from the Felletin Manufacture Signed
Located in Paris, FR
236 - 19th century tapestry from the felletin manufacture signed.
Wool
1082 - Pair of Hand-Woven Aubusson Portieres, Mid-19th Century France
Located in Paris, FR
1082 - These antique wall tapestries were hand woven in France, circa 1850. Called "Portière", the Portière tapestries are tall, slender wall h...
Wool
1072 - Modern Tapestry Around 1980 'the Rooster', Handmade
Located in Paris, FR
1072 - Modern tapestry around 1980 (the rooster). Handmade. with very pretty colors and signed Fourmier.
Wool
Beautiful New Floral Design Bessarabian Style Flat Kilim Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice new Kilim with beautiful floral design Aubusson style with beautiful colors, entirely handwoven with wool on cotton foundation. Size: 170 x 240 cm.
Wool
Beautiful New Floral Design Bessarabian Style Flat Kilim Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice new Kilim with beautiful floral design Aubusson style with beautiful colors, entirely handwoven with wool on cotton foundation. Size: 170 x 240 cm.
Wool
Tapestry Brussels, 19th Century - N° 704
Located in Paris, FR
Tapestry brussels, 19th century a very fine tapestry with pretty exceptional colors Measures: 1m65 x 0m70.
Wool
Bobyrug’s nice 19th Century Aubusson Tapestry Sofa Cover
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Fine antique Aubusson tapestry, with a beautiful floral design and beautiful colors with red, pink, purple, green and yellow, entirely handwoven, with wool and silk on cotton foundation, originally made for a sofa cover...
Wool, Silk
Bobyrug’s Beautiful Jaquar Tapestry Maximilien's Hunt Design
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Discover an exquisite vintage French Aubusson-style tapestry featuring a legendary Maximillian Hunt's design, boasting beautiful colors. Meticulously woven with wool using the 'point d’Halluin...
Wool, Cotton
$15,995Sale Price|20% Off
18th Century French Aubusson Rustic Tapestry Panel
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson rustic tapestry panel from the 18th century, featuring several women and children in the foreground, tending to various chores while seated in a grassy field, with ...
Wool
$28,000Sale Price|20% Off
Late 19th Century Antique French Pastoral Tapestry Route de Limoges Louis XV Art
Located in Dallas, TX
72470 Late 19th Century Antique French Pastoral Tapestry Route de Limoges with Louis XV Style, French Rococo Wall Hanging. The scene depicts a family moving by a horse drawn cart on ...
Wool
Nice Midcentury France Aubusson Style Jacquard Halluin Tapestry «bird’s offering
By Jules Pansu
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exceptional mid-20th-century French tapestry woven on Jacquard looms in Halluin stitch with wool and cotton. Inspired by François Boucher, it depicts a gentleman presenting a bird to...
Wool, Cotton
Antique 19th Century Square French Aubusson Mythological Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
This is a lovely antique 19th Century Square French Mythological Aubusson Tapestry depicting on a beautiful summer day in the countryside with lush trees and vegetation. It is an e...
Tapestry, Wool
$27,995Sale Price|30% Off
Antique 18th Century French Aubusson Rustic Tapestry of a Family Preparing Lunch
Located in New York, NY
Antique 18th Century French Aubusson Rustic Tapestry of a Family Preparing Lunch An antique French Aubusson rustic tapestry from the 18th century, size 7'8" H x 8'9" W. This lovely ...
Wool, Silk
$14,995Sale Price|25% Off
Late 19th Century French Rustic Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson Rustic tapestry from the late 19th century after an original painting by the French painter François Boucher (1703-1770), 'The Cherry Picking'. This theme was succe...
Wool
$7,756Sale Price|20% Off
Antique French Aubusson Tapestry Inspired by Francois Boucher
Located in Dallas, TX
77225 Antique French Aubusson Tapestry Inspired by Francois Boucher, 06'02 x 09'11. Nestled in the heart of Aubusson, France, French Aubusson tapestries have enchanted admirers since...
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