Rug #: 17065
Origin: France
Type: Aubusson – Art Deco
By Jean-Michel Frank (1893-1941)
Size: 16’6” X 32’6”
Circa: 1930s
Modernist designer Jean-Michel Frank was able to combine his love of beautiful materials with his preference for strict geometric forms. Due to his strict adherence to geometrical forms and simple unobtrusive design elements, many times he was required to design and create many of the items needed in his projects. In many of these undertakings not only would he have had to design the interiors, but also the other objects of the room such as furniture, wall fabrics, light fixtures, and hardware; as well as the carpets and other means of floor covering.
The present piece is amongst the few Aubussons that show the clear influence of Jean-Michel Frank’s design. The power of clear and simple geometrical patterns combined with the grand scale of the rug is what makes it uniquely a Jean-Michel Frank Signature piece. The design of the carpet makes it very easily fit in to many varied but related styles of decorating such as English Arts & Crafts (William Morris), American Prairie style (Frank Lloyd Wright), and French Art Deco (Jean-Michel Frank).
With its wide linear/cubical border design and vast open expanses of the field, unbroken by any design element except for gradually varying tones of the same shade of color, it has an understated elegance that can only be created by the master designer Jean-Michel Frank.
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