Rare French Cubist Maison Myrbor Rug
Marie Cuttoli (1879-1973) founded Maison Myrbor, a French manufacturer and retailer of carpets. She established the first workshop in her home in Sétif, Algeria, around 1910. Subsequently, in 1922, Cuttoli launched a boutique in Paris, initially selling clothes and later expanding to carpets and rugs. In 1925, she showcased her fashion and carpet designs at the Exposition Internationale des Art Decoratifs in Paris. Notably, the firm specialized in tapis de mâitres, weaving works by renowned artists such as Pablo Picasso, Jean Arp, Fernand Leger, Joan Miró, Paul Klee, and Louis Marcoussis.
Louis Marcoussis (1878-1941), a painter of Polish origin, spent most of his career in Paris. Although initially influenced by Impressionism, he joined the Cubist movement around 1910, aligning himself with avant-garde painters like Picasso, Braque, and Juan Gris. Marcoussis exhibited his work throughout Europe and the U.S.A., culminating in his first solo exhibition in Paris in 1925.
Importantly, Marie Cuttoli became one of Marcoussis’ earliest collectors. She exhibited some of his paintings in her Maison Myrbor gallery at 17 Rue Vignon in Paris. Cuttoli was particularly captivated by Marcoussis’ treatment of Cubist forms. As a result, she successfully translated several of his works into the rug medium, including the example offered here.