Decorative textiles; an illustrated book on coverings for furniture, walls and floors, including damasks, brocades and velvets, tapestries, laces, embroideries, chintzes, cretones, drapery and (14761843556)

Identifier: decorativetextil00hunt (find matches)
Title: Decorative textiles; an illustrated book on coverings for furniture, walls and floors, including damasks, brocades and velvets, tapestries, laces, embroideries, chintzes, cretones, drapery and furniture trimmings, wall papers, carpets and rugs, tooled and illuminated leathers
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927
Subjects: Textile fabrics Textile design Lace and lace making Embroidery Wallpaper Leatherwork Interior decoration Tapestry
Publisher: Philadelphia, London, J. B. Lippincott Company Grand Rapids, The Dean-Hicks Company
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Wellesley College Library



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e to Dupont and Lourdet in association,the right to make carpets at the Savonnerie, on condition that theytrain one himdred of the orphans as six-year apprentices. The part-ners, however, quarrelled and Dupont continued his work at theLouvre, without sharing actively in the enterprise at Chaillot, thatwas finally awarded to Lourdet alone. Under Colbert the industry at the Savonnerie was encouraged,and in 1668 Philip liOurdet. who liad succeeded his father, began tliecelebrated set of carpets for the grand gallery of the Louvre, thecartoons for which had been painted at the Gobelins by Baudrin,Yvart and Francart. The set consisted of ninety-two pieces (one ofwhich is illustrated in Plate II) ornamented with medallions, coats-of-arms, trophies, verdure, panel flowers. Two of the pieces did notreach the Louvre, lieing sent as a present to the King of Siam in1685. From 1064 to 1683, the widow I^ourdet, who succeeded herhusband as director of the establishment in 1671, received 280,591 153
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CARPETS AND RUGS livres as payment for these earjjets only, in tlie execution of which theDujjont factory at the Louvre collaborated. In 1()72 the Louvrefactory was moved to the Sa\-onnerie by Ijouis Dupont, who hadinherited his fathers privileges, and in 1()72 he is described as directorof the Savonncrie. Besides carpets, there were also made in Ixjthfactories furniture coverings, screen panels (Plate III) and portieres,all in savonncrie. During the eighteenth century the output of the Savonncriewas important, especially in furniture coverings like the one on thebench till recently on exhibition at the Metropolitan ^Museum in theMorgan Loan Collection, and in porti-aits like that of the EmperorJoseph II in the Hoentschel Collection at the same museum. TheEmpire, being a period especially fond of velvety and shiny surfaces,restored to the Savonncrie its se\enteenth century 73rosperity, andsnjjplied it with designs by Percier and Fontaine, and by Lagrenee.In 1826 the plant was moved to