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Courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibition
A King's Carpet: Louis XIV and the Savonnerie
Sep 8, 2026 – Mar 5, 2028
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First U.S. exhibition devoted to the Savonnerie manufactory, centered on the Met's carpets from the tapis du roi, a 92-piece commission Louis XIV and minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert ordered in 1668 for the Louvre's Grande Galerie. Held in the Wrightsman Galleries, the show presents four complete carpets, fragments, and trial weaves, plus a temporary in-gallery studio where textile conservators work on one of the monumental pieces in view of visitors.
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