jan 1, 1680 - Savonnerie rugs (Manufacture de la Savonnerie) (1615) Savonnerie carpets were originally woven in a converted soap factory on the Quai de Chaillot near Paris and, until 1768, their production remained effectively the property of the French Crown

The Savonnerie represents France’s effort to supplant imported Ottoman carpets with a courtly, French product.

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