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    "localId": "128056",
    "label": "Louis XV Savonnerie Carpet with Royal Arms",
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}

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    "id": "128056",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Louis XV Savonnerie Carpet with Royal Arms",
    "description": "This spectacular carpet, one of three with this royal pattern, was originally designed for Louis XV’s dining room at chateau La Muette by the prominent Savonnerie artist Pierre-Josse Perrot in 1735. The royal arms of France on the orb are topped by a crown with eagle’s wings. Cornucopia issue from corner pieces that alternate with military trophies. The lively artistic style was simplified for faster weaving and a brown ground was used to heighten the brilliant colors.The Savonnerie factory was founded in the early 1600s to create French versions of Oriental carpets, whose import had created a drain on the economy. The technique, copying Turkish carpets, has wool pile formed with symmetrical rug-knots, wool warps, and hemp wefts.",
    "date": "c. 1740–50",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.8",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60761525"
    ],
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        33373
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        "Carpet"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1950.8/1950.8_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 546 x 615.6 cm (214 15/16 x 242 3/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "France, 18th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1950.8"
}

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    "tec": "Savonnerie knotted pile (symmetrical ruf knot), wool, hemp",
    "tombstone": "Louis XV Savonnerie Carpet with Royal Arms, c. 1740–50. Royal Savonnerie Manufactory, Chaillot Workshops (French, est. 1627), Pierre Josse Perrot (French). Savonnerie knotted pile (symmetrical ruf knot), wool, hemp; overall: 546 x 615.6 cm (214 15/16 x 242 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1950.8",
    "collection": "Textiles",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 290",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n58"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 136",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n160"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 136",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n160"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 179",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n199"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Langeois, David, Daniel Alcouffe, and Sandrine Riahi. <em>Quelques chefs-d'oeuvre de la collection Djahanguir Riahi: ameublement français du XVIIIe siècle</em>. [Milano]: Franco Maria Ricci, 1999.",
            "page_number": "p. 170-171"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: P. 368-369"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.8",
    "creditline": "John L. Severance Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:36:28.635000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1950.8/1950.8_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 128056,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "Textiles",
    "med": "Savonnerie knotted pile (symmetrical ruf knot), wool, hemp",
    "creatorTags": [
        "male",
        "gender unknown"
    ],
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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