Although the production of authentic Aubusson textiles and other furniture is based in Aubusson, France, and at just a handful of small weaving workshops in nearby Felletin, the exceptionally detailed tapestries are renowned throughout the world as wall hangings, carpets and upholstery for a range of seating including sofas and armchairs.
Aubusson’s centuries-old tapestry production industry was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009 by UNESCO, affirming its importance in European decorative arts. The complex and labor-intensive process of weaving images involves hand-dyed wool to achieve specific hues, giving landscapes, scenes and floral patterns a distinctive realism.
Dating back at least to the 16th century, the Aubusson style has changed over time, with early work influenced by Turkish rugs that were popular with the European elite before the rise of the Italian Renaissance with its natural motifs. In 1665, the Aubusson workshops received the Manufacture Royale title, raising their visibility in France and beyond during the 17th century, with many authentic Aubusson tapestries produced for royal palaces and other prominent residences.
In the 18th century, the design of Aubusson textiles reflected the fad for chinoiserie. During the Arts and Crafts movement of the late 19th century, artisans from Aubusson were involved with the Old Windsor Tapestry Manufactory in England. In the 20th century, now-iconic artists such as Alexander Calder and Joan Miró worked with Aubusson weavers on pieces.
The Cité Internationale de la Tapisserie complex, which features a museum, opened in 2016 in Aubusson to recognize and preserve this heritage.
Find a collection of authentic Aubusson rugs and carpets, pillows, wall decorations and other furniture on 1stDibs.
Wonderful Vintage French Tapestry medieval museum Design “Bûcherons”
By Jules Pansu
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Discover the elegance of this mid-century French Aubusson style tapestry made by silkscreen limited edition at Jules Pansu manufacturing , featuring the exquisite design of the reno...
Wool, Cotton
Bobyrug’s Pretty antique French Aubusson Tapestry medieval design
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exquisite French tapestry from the mid-20th century, handwoven in the renowned Aubusson workshops. This masterpiece replicates a 15th-century museum tapestry, featuring heraldic moti...
Wool, Silk
20th Century Aubusson Tapestry "Fisherman" - N° 767
Located in Paris, FR
N° 767 - 20th century tapestry Aubusson in very good general condition and fresh colors Measures: 165 x 113 cm.
Wool
Aubusson Tapestry from 19th Century - N° 1240
Located in Paris, FR
a very prettyAubusson tapestry of 19th century with red and blue and white colors, a temple and rivers in very good condition- N° 1240 Thanks to our Restoration-Conservation works...
Wool
17th Century Traditional French Aubusson Style Flat-Weave Rug
Located in Secaucus, NJ
Handwoven Recreation of the Classic French flat-weave Aubusson rugs that have been found in the finest homes and palaces since the late 17th century. Size 9' x 12' 2''.
Wool
Bobyrug’s Very Beautiful Antique French Jaquar Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful late 19th century French tapestry with nice design of 18th century paintings with pretty details and nice light colors, mechanical Jaquar manufacturing woven with wool...
Wool, Cotton
Bobyrug’s Pretty Vintage French Aubusson Style Jaquar Woven Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice mid century french Aubusson style tapestry with beautiful medieval museum tapestry design and nice colors, woven with mechanical Jaquar manufactur...
Wool, Cotton
19th Century Aubusson Tapestry Hunting Scene, N° 1205
Located in Paris, FR
19th century Aubusson tapestry hunting scene - N° 1205 Thanks to our Restoration-Conservation workshop and also Our know-how, we are pleased to present to you works of art in fa...
Wool
Antique french Needlepoint Panel or border Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful late 19th century needlepoint tapestry in the form of a stripe or border fragment, with nice floral design and beautiful colours, entirely hand embroidered with needlepoint...
Wool, Silk
French Greenery Tapestry by AUBUSSON manufactury 18th - 348Lx216 - N° 1597
By Aubusson Manufacture, Royal Manufacture of Aubusson
Located in Paris, FR
This magnificent tapestry has undergone a thorough cleaning, hand-lined with 100% linen fabric, and meticulous inspection by our experts in our workshop. It is now ready to grace you...
Wool, Silk
Bobyrug’s Antique Aubusson Cushion Chair Cover Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful late 19th century Aubusson tapestry with a beautiful design and colors, wool and silk woven on cotton foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of luxury and craftsmans...
Silk
Large 19th Century French Aubusson Floral Tapestry Fragment
Located in New York, NY
Handwoven in Aubusson, France in the 19th Century, this lovely silk and wool piece was originally the setback of a loveseat. It measures 2 x 5.3 ft. It is in pristine condition and ...
Tapestry, Wool, Silk
Adelyne Neveux, The Daisies - French Aubusson Tapestry, Atelier Legoueix - 1445
By Aubusson Manufacture, Camille Legoueix Atelier
Located in Paris, FR
Located a stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, we are a French family business specializing in the purchase, sale, expertise, cleaning, restoration and conservation of tapes...
Wool
Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful vintage French Aubusson style tapestry with a nice design . and with beautiful colours, entirely woven with wool And cotton on Jacquard looms ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome o...
Wool, Cotton
Bobyrug’s Wonderful Vintage French hand printed Tapestry Vendanges museum Design
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Discover the elegance of this mid-century French hand-printed tapestry featuring the exquisite design of the right half (the harvest side) of the renowned medieval museum tapestry, "...
Cotton
Aubusson tapestry 19th century petanque game scene - N° 1332
Located in Paris, FR
Aubusson tapestry 19th century petanque game scene - N° 1332 Close to the Eiffel Tower, We are a family business specialized in the purchase, sale and expertise of tapestries, carpe...
Wool
Bobyrug’s Wonderful Vintage French hand printed Tapestry Vendanges museum Design
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Discover the elegance of this mid-century French hand-printed tapestry featuring the exquisite design of the renowned medieval museum tapestry, "Les Vendanges" (grape harvest) from t...
Cotton
Bobyrug’s Nice French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Exquisite French tapestry from the mid-20th century, featuring a beautiful design and nice colours, woven at Jules Pansu workshops in jacquard loom by wool and cotton. » ✨✨✨ "Exper...
Wool, Cotton
Light Blue 19th Century Floral French Aubusson Portière Decorative Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
Called portière, these antique wall hanging tapestries were handwoven in Aubusson, France in the 19th Century. They both feature floral and foliage decor in a deep red and beige palette. Portière tapestries were traditionally used in French chateaux and palaces in past centuries, they are unique in that they are designed to fill narrow wall spaces. A portière is a hanging curtain...
Wool
Beautiful antique french handwoven Aubusson tapestry « thousand flowers »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Discover the timeless elegance of this early 20th-century French Aubusson tapestry featuring a captivating design inspired by the 15th-century museum tapestry « Mille Fleurs » This ...
Wool, Cotton, Silk
Pretty antique 17th century French Aubusson Tapestry fragment
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Exquisite fragment of a border of a French Aubusson tapestry from the middle of the 17th century, featuring a beautiful design of flowers and nice natural colours, entirely hand wov...
Wool, Silk
Greenery tapestry Flanders Oudenaarde - 18th century Dim 2.42x2.52 - No. 1346
Located in Paris, FR
specialized in the Purchase, Sale, Traditional Cleaning, Restoration - Conservation, Expertise - Estimation of Old and also Contemporary Tapestries, Carpets, Kilims and Textiles. We ...
Wool, Silk
Tapestry Manufacture Aubusson "the Lady with the Organ" 19th Medieval - N° 1427
By Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Paris, FR
A stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower We are a family business specializing in the purchase, sale and expertise of old, modern and contemporary tapestries, rugs, kilims and textiles....
Wool, Silk
Antique 18th Century French Aubusson Verdure Landscape Tapestry with Birds
Located in New York, NY
French, 18th century Verdure Aubusson tapestry handwoven in wool with silk highlights set within a complete floral border. Two birds wade a...
Wool, Silk, Tapestry
20th Century Tapisserie d'Halluin France Aubusson Style Tapestry
Located in Germantown, MD
A 20th Century Tapisserie d'Halluin France Aubusson Style Tapestry featuring King Louis XIV in Versailles, France. Measures 74" in width and 52" in height.
Tapestry
Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful vintage French Aubusson style tapestry with a nice design with shepherds in a romantic scene inside the countryside. and with beautiful colours, entirely woven with wool An...
Wool, Cotton
$44,995Sale Price|40% Off
17th Century French Aubusson Historical Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson historical tapestry from the late 17th-early 18th century, depicting a knight embracing a woman in classical dress, beside a man carrying a sword on horseback, a wo...
Wool
French Aubusson Handwoven Tapestry - Platforms and Ribbon
By Pierre Marie
Located in PARIS, FR
Titled Platforms and Ribbon, this handwoven tapestry is a contemporary textile wall piece, bringing color, rhythm, and material depth into an interior setting. Its graphic compositio...
Wool
Bobyrug’s pretty vintage French medieval design hand printed tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice vintage French hand printed tapestry with beautiful medieval design and beautiful colors. Discover a stunning mid-20th-century tapestry, meticulously hand-printed on a cotton fo...
Cotton
Framed Aubusson tapestry 19th, signed, Bolduc, Lady with a Unicorn N° 1391
By Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Paris, FR
Framed Aubusson tapestry 19th, signed, Bolduc, The Bestaire Of The Lady with a Unicorn - No. 1391 A stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower We are a family business specializing in the...
Wool, Silk
Bobyrug’s Nice Antique Needlepoint French Rug Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful late 19th century needlepoint tapestry or rug, with a floral design and beautiful colors, entirely hand embroidered with wool and silk on cotton foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experienc...
Wool, Cotton, Silk
Fragonard Honore, The Happy Chances of the Swing - French Tapestry - No. 1451
By (After) Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Paris, FR
Located a stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, we are a French family business specializing in the purchase, sale, expertise, cleaning, restoration and conservation of tapes...
Wool, Silk
Pretty mid 20th century french Aubusson tapestry « autumn ferns » by Le Guen
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Discover the timeless elegance of the Fougères d’Automne « autumn ferns » titled limited edition wall tapestry from Manufacture Robert Four in Aubusson, France. This exquisite piece,...
Wool, Cotton
Pretty French Aubusson style hand screen printed Tapestry “ hunters' rest stop »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Wonderful French Aubusson style screen printed by hand tapestry with nice design of hunters at town and beautiful colors, screen printed by hand in art edition of Rambouillet, manufa...
Wool, Cotton
French Tapestry Royale Aubusson 18e - The Sacrifice To Jupiter - No. 1686
By Royal Manufacture of Aubusson
Located in Paris, FR
18th-century Tapestry From The Royal Manufactory Of Aubusson - The Sacrifice To Jupiter - No. 1686 Tapestry from the Royal Manufactory of Aubusson, 18th century The Sacrifice to Jup...
Wool, Silk
The Windmill Reverie: A Vintage Chinese Aubusson Tapestry of Pastoral Elegance
Located in Dallas, TX
79484 Vintage Chinese Aubusson Tapestry, 06'01 x 05'04. This handwoven wool vintage Chinese Aubusson tapestry opens onto an idyllic pastoral dream—an imagined Europe of calm waterway...
Wool
Pretty vintage French Aubusson style needlepoint tapestry, medieval design
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Experience the timeless elegance of this exquisite French Aubusson style tapestry, capturing the essence of an 15th century tapestry with a design titled « bord de L’eau » (water's...
Wool
Bobyrug’s pretty antique French needlepoint chair cover tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exquisite late 19th-century French needlepoint tapestry originally from a chair cover but can be also use for cushions, or frames. Adorned with a captivating floral design from the N...
Wool, Silk
Early 20th Century Aubusson Verdure Tapestry
Located in LYON, FR
Early 20th Century Aubusson Tapestry. Approximately 100 years old. Handmade on the loom from wool and silk. Very good condition. No fading and no holes Sourced in Lyon France H 127...
Wool
$467Sale Price|20% Off
Gilt Wooden Frame Frieze, Aubusson Style, Early 19th Century, Italy
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Elegant antique gilt wooden frame frieze. Perfect, it can be placed anywhere: on a mirror, on an internal door, on the frame of a particular painting. ref. nr. O/2548.
Fruitwood
Bobyrug’s pretty antique French needlepoint chair cover tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exquisite late 19th-century French needlepoint tapestry originally from a chair cover but can be also use for cushions, or frames. Adorned with a captivating floral design from the N...
Wool, Silk
Aubusson Tapestry By Thérèse Le Guen "Vallé Blance" Signed Certified - No. 1412
Located in Paris, FR
A stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower We are a family business specializing in the purchase, sale and expertise of old, modern and contemporary tapestries, rugs, kilims and textiles....
Wool, Silk
Pretty vintage French jacquard tapestry Aubusson style, deer hunting design
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Pretty vintage French jacquard tapestry, woven in jacquard looms in Aubusson style tapestries, with a beautiful design of deer hunting, showing hunting dogs surrounding a deer, takin...
Wool, Cotton
1014 - Beautiful French Antique Needlepoint Tapestry
Located in Paris, FR
1014 - beautiful French antique needlepoint tapestry (romantic).
Wool
$7,200Sale Price|20% Off
Antique English Needlepoint from the Late-18th Century with Beautiful Flowers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Measures: 5'10 x 6'1. This striking, antique English needlepoint was beautifully crafted during the late 18th century and remains in remarkably good condition. It is composed of nin...
Wool
Late 19th Century Antique French Aubusson Tapestry Wall Hanging
Located in Dallas, TX
72780 Late 19th Century Antique French Aubusson tapestry wall hanging. This antique French Aubusson tapestry with French Romanticism is a work of art. The historic worth far exceeds ...
Wool
19th Century French Aubusson Green Verdure Tapestry with Bird and Foliage
Located in New York, NY
Place this long and narrow antique tapestry in a staircase or in between two windows for a pop of color. Handwoven in Aubusson, France, circa 1860, this gorgeous verdure wall piece h...
Tapestry, Wool
Pretty vintage French Aubusson style Jacquard Tapestry « Hunting with hounds »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Discover the timeless elegance of this exquisite vintage French tapestry featuring Renaissance-style jacquard tapestry, "Hunting with Hounds," depicts a scene of a hunting with houn...
Wool, Cotton
Wonderful antique french handwoven Aubusson tapestry for Valance
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Discover the timeless elegance of this 19th century Aubusson tapestry in shape of a Valance. Woven extremely finely with precision in wool at a renowned workshops in Aubusson, usin...
Wool
Bobyrug’s Nice Vintage Aubusson Style Jaquar Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful french Aubusson style tapestry with nice medieval design and beautiful colors, woven with mechanical Jaquar manufacturing with wool and cotton. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome...
Wool, Cotton
$14,995Sale Price|25% Off
18th Century French Aubusson Chinoiserie Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson chinoiserie verdure tapestry, 18th century. A small bird to the left, an acanthus bush in the center, and pagodas in the left distance, within a symmetrical scrolli...
Wool
Aubusson tapestry 19th century. century - 2m80Hx1m80L - N° 943
Located in Paris, FR
Close to the Eiffel Tower, We are a family business specialized in the purchase, sale and expertise of tapestries, carpets, kilims and textiles old, modern and contemporary. We work ...
Wool, Silk
Nice Midcentury France Aubusson Style Jacquard Halluin Tapestry «bird’s offering
By Jules Pansu
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exceptional mid-20th-century French tapestry woven on Jacquard looms in Halluin stitch with wool and cotton. Inspired by François Boucher, it depicts a gentleman presenting a bird to...
Wool, Cotton
Mille-Fleurs Tapestry signed by Aubusson Manufacture – 19th Century – No. 1562
Located in Paris, FR
Mille-Fleurs Tapestry signed Manufacture Aubusson - 19th century - 152Lx125H - No. 1562 Artist: Aubusson Manufactory Era: 19th century Style: High period - Renaissance - Louis XIII C...
Wool, Silk
Nice French modern needlepoint Tapestry « Toffoli »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
« La maternité » maternity Discover the exquisite beauty of this authentic needlepoint tapestry, meticulously hand embroidered . this masterpiece features a captivating design by L...
Wool, Cotton, Silk
Bobyrug’s Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style Jaquar Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice mid-century French Aubusson style tapestry with beautiful gallant scene at the town and beautiful light colors, mechanical Jaquar manufacturing woven with wool and cotton. ✨✨✨ ...
Wool, Cotton
Pretty French Aubusson style Halluin Jacquard Tapestry “ hunters' rest stop”
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Wonderful French Aubusson style Jacquard Halluin tapestry with nice design of hunters at town and beautiful colors, women on mechanical Jacquard looms at Halluin manufacturing by woo...
Wool, Cotton
Antique 19th Century Square French Aubusson Hunting Tapestry Signed 'Aubusson'
Located in New York, NY
Antique 19th century Square French Aubusson Hunting Tapestry depicting an excellent hunting scene on the banks of a river complete with men o...
Tapestry, Wool
Bobyrug’s Wonderful Antique French Aubusson Fine Tapestry
By Royal Manufacture of Aubusson
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful late 19th century French Aubusson tapestry with a nice gallant decor, hunting and beautiful colors, extremely finely hand woven with silk and wool. ✨✨✨ "Experience th...
Wool, Silk
Antique Flemish Garden Landscape Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
17th Century Flemish Garden tapestry depicting a serene countryside landscape. Woven in wool and silk, this tapestry displays an exquisite sense of artistry and depth. Two charming animals are depicted in the foreground surrounded by lush foliage revealing a view towards the formal gardens...
Wool, Silk, Tapestry