ATELIER MARTINE (Attributed to) - FOUNDED BY PAUL POIRET (1879-1944) Rectangular colored wool view rug with central decoration of daisies, dandelions and stylized foliage on a black background and yellow border with fine bangs. Worn Height 360 cm - Width 180.5 cm History: probably made around 1927 by the Atelier Martine founded by couturier Paul Poiret (1879-1944) for the decor of the luxury Chantilly apartment on the liner Île-de-France. A similarly decorated model was featured in the exhibition "Poiret: King of Fashion" at the Metropolitan Museum in New York from May 9 to August 5, 2007. Bibliography : Yvonne Deslandre & Dorothée Lalanne, Paul Poiret, 1879-1944, Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1986, p. 305 for a photograph by Thérèse Bonney of a cabin in the Chantilly apartment in 1927, featuring two carpets with motifs similar to those on our model. The negative of this photograph is referenced under no. APBNN002203 on the Plateforme ouverte du Patrimoine.
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ATELIER MARTINE (Attributed to) - FOUNDED BY PAUL POIRET (1879-1944) Rectangular colored wool view rug with central decoration of daisies, dandelions and stylized foliage on a black background and yellow border with fine bangs. Worn Height 360 cm - Width 180.5 cm History: probably made around 1927 by the Atelier Martine founded by couturier Paul Poiret (1879-1944) for the decor of the luxury Chantilly apartment on the liner Île-de-France. A similarly decorated model was featured in the exhibition "Poiret: King of Fashion" at the Metropolitan Museum in New York from May 9 to August 5, 2007. Bibliography : Yvonne Deslandre & Dorothée Lalanne, Paul Poiret, 1879-1944, Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1986, p. 305 for a photograph by Thérèse Bonney of a cabin in the Chantilly apartment in 1927, featuring two carpets with motifs similar to those on our model. The negative of this photograph is referenced under no. APBNN002203 on the Plateforme ouverte du Patrimoine.

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€3,000
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ATELIER MARTINE (Attributed to) - FOUNDED BY PAUL POIRET (1879-1944) Rectangular colored wool view rug with central decoration of daisies, dandelions and stylized foliage on a black background and yellow border with fine bangs. Worn Height 360 cm - Width 180.5 cm History: probably made around 1927 by the Atelier Martine founded by couturier Paul Poiret (1879-1944) for the decor of the luxury Chantilly apartment on the liner Île-de-France. A similarly decorated model was featured in the exhibition "Poiret: King of Fashion" at the Metropolitan Museum in New York from May 9 to August 5, 2007. Bibliography : Yvonne Deslandre & Dorothée Lalanne, Paul Poiret, 1879-1944, Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1986, p. 305 for a photograph by Thérèse Bonney of a cabin in the Chantilly apartment in 1927, featuring two carpets with motifs similar to those on our model. The negative of this photograph is referenced under no. APBNN002203 on the Plateforme ouverte du Patrimoine.
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