IMPORTANT AND ORIGINAL FRENCH TAPESTRY IN LA SAVONNERIE STITCH Important and original French Savonnerie point rug Mid-twentieth century Size 350 x 270 cm Wool velvet on cotton backing Good condition Numbered ' on back ( 13539 ) Louis XIII style rug Black field with original scrollwork decoration of fine old gold crenellated branches finely drawn in twists with polychrome ribboned floral bud terminations framing a central medallion with floral crown inlaid with a bouquet of multicolored stylized flowers and foliage Bluish-grey main border with motifs echoing the central field