Showing A King’s Carpet: Louis XIV and the Savonnerie, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Grande Galerie carpet with landscapes, 1680
Grande Galerie carpet no. 11 (Music, reweave), Delivered August 26, 1688
Grande Galerie carpet with landscapes, 1680. Grande Galerie carpet with landscapes (detail), Savonnerie Manufactory, after designs by Charles Le Brun, 1680. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1976 (1976.155.114).1 / 3

A King’s Carpet: Louis XIV and the Savonnerie

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sep 8, 2026 – Mar 5, 2028 Upper East Side

The first US exhibition on the Savonnerie centers on the Met’s three carpets from Louis XIV’s commission for the Louvre’s Grande Galerie, and how they were woven and dispersed.

Full details at metmuseum.org

Museum Upper East Side

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1000 Fifth Avenue

Open Sun–Tue and Thu 10–5, Fri–Sat to 9

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