Louis XV Savonnerie Carpet with Royal Arms

Pierre Josse Perrot (French), Royal Savonnerie Manufactory, Chaillot Workshops (French, est. 1627) · c. 1740–50 · Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States

Custody: Museum · Type: Other · Status: Active

Recorded provenance

unknown: → (cleveland) made for Louis XV to present to Stanislaus of Poland (1677-1766), the son of Raphael Leczinsky, Grand Treasurer of Poland. When Charles XII of Sweden dethroned August II, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, Stanislaus was elected King of Poland in 1705; the result of the Battle of Pultowa obliged

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