Details
produced by Maison Myrbor, France
woven wool
13512 in. (344.2 cm) long, 51 in. (129.5 cm) wide
woven with manufacturer’s mark MYRBOR
Provenance
Private Collection, Paris
Doris Leslie Blau, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2013
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Lot Essay

Marie Cuttoli (1879-1973) founded Maison Myrbor, a French manufacturer and retailer of carpets. The first workshop was set up in her home in Algeria, circa 1910, and in 1922 Cuttoli opened a boutique in Paris, selling clothes and later carpets and rugs. She exhibited fashion and carpets at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1925 where Jacques Doucet purchased the carpet Le Jardin, one of the first designs created by Jean Lurçat for Cuttoli. The firm specialized in tapis de mâitres, woven from designs by Pablo Picasso, Jean Arp, Fernand Leger, Joan Miró, Paul Klee and Louis Marcoussis among others. From 1928, Cuttoli focused her efforts on reviving the Aubusson tapestry industry; the Delarbre, Simon and Legoueix workshops wove tapestries and possibly also produced rugs.

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