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An Empire Point De Savonnerie carpet Circa 1806-1810, Design attributable to Louis de La Hamayde de Saint-Ange, probably woven by manufacture Piat Lefebvre, Tournai, image 1
An Empire Point De Savonnerie carpet Circa 1806-1810, Design attributable to Louis de La Hamayde de Saint-Ange, probably woven by manufacture Piat Lefebvre, Tournai, image 2
An Empire Point De Savonnerie carpet Circa 1806-1810, Design attributable to Louis de La Hamayde de Saint-Ange, probably woven by manufacture Piat Lefebvre, Tournai, image 3
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An Empire Point De Savonnerie carpet
Circa 1806-1810, Design attributable to Louis de La Hamayde de Saint-Ange, probably woven by manufacture Piat Lefebvre, Tournai,

Fine Decorative Arts
1 July 2025, 14:00 BST
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An Empire Point De Savonnerie carpet

Circa 1806-1810, Design attributable to Louis de La Hamayde de Saint-Ange, probably woven by manufacture Piat Lefebvre, Tournai,
Designed with a six-branch star within a delicate star and laurel border, with two Jupiter's eagles perched on urns, with scroll decoration and abundantly filled cornucopia, the outer border with star and oak leaf decoration, 395cm x 525cm overall approximately

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Provenance
Sotheby's, Paris, Excellence, 13 November, 2018, Lot 46.

The refurbishment of Imperial Palaces under Napoléon saw a rise in demand for carpet production. The Napoleonic emblem in the present lot exemplifies this renewed interest. The six-branch star is similar to but not identical to that of the Légion d'Honneur -demonstrating that it was intended for a fashionable interior rather than a military or official setting.

A similar example can be found in the Tuileries Salle du Trône -this example was woven for the wedding of Napoléon and Marie-Louise circa 1806-1810) and is now in the Louvre (inv. OA 10284).

A large carpet designed with the same emblems was woven in Tournai by the Piat Lefebvre manufacture for the Emperor's Grand Cabinet at Saint-Cloud. It can now be found in the Mobilier National.

Louis de La Hamayde de Saint-Ange was the designer for the Garde-Meuble since the early 19th century. He was the pupil of architects Fontaine and Percier. As well as the more well known Savonnerie manufactory, Saint Ange provided private manufactures with designs including Sallandrouze de Lamornaix in Paris and Aubusson, or Piat Lefebvre in Tournai, with unsigned projects.

The texture and the execution of this carpet may be attributed to the Piat Lefebvre manufacture, whose exported to Germany, Italy, Russia and America. The client could choose between variants of drawings and three levels of quality, such as the « façon de savonnerie, superfin » as in this case.


Literature
Dumonthier, Recueil de dessins de tapis et de tapisseries d'ameublement du mobilier de la Couronne, pl.6
E. Floret, "Une manufacture méconnue Piat Lefebvre" in L'Estampille Objet d'Art n°243, January 1991, p.77
E. Floret, "Les Tapis français" in Tapis dans le monde, Mengès, 1996, p. 254
Tapis d'Empire. Maquettes de la Collection Marmottan, Norma, 2003
Symboles des Pouvoirs sous l'Empire, exh. cat. Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Vilo, April-October 2008

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