Take a look behind the scenes as textile conservators and handlers prepare a seventeenth-century, 29-foot carpet for installation in A King’s Carpet: Louis XIV and the Savonnerie, on view September 8, 2026–March 5, 2028.
Installing the Grande Galerie carpet no. 11 (Music, reweave)
3 min. watch
Art Mentioned
On loan to The Met
Manufactory Savonnerie Manufactory
Workshop director Woven in the workshop of Philippe Lourdet
Designer After designs by Charles Le Brun
Woven between 1664–66, delivered October 7, 1667
Manufactory Savonnerie Manufactory
Workshop director Woven in the workshop of Jeanne Haffrey (Veuve Lourdet)
Designer After designs by Charles Le Brun
Delivered August 26, 1688
Manufactory Savonnerie Manufactory
Workshop director Woven in the workshop of Philippe Lourdet
Designer After designs by Charles Le Brun
Delivered between 1668 and 1677
Manufactory Savonnerie Manufactory
Workshop director Woven in the workshop of Jeanne Haffrey (Veuve Lourdet)
Designer After designs by Charles Le Brun
Delivered December 23, 1680
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