French Art Deco Carpet with Stars
N°
00067
Period
Circa 1920
Origin
France
Status
Sold
Size
490 cm x 295 cm16'0" x 9'8"
Materials
Wool
The early carpets of the Art Deco period had the prerogative of proposing a new set of patterns based on re-interpretation of classical western decorative motifs. In this example we see a compartment design typical of French and English needlepoint carpets, containing an eight-pointed star. This type of ornamental spareness will later become one of the most recurrent stylistic features of modernist carpets.
Antique Textile Art II, n. 32, p. 67.