JEAN LURCAT (1892-1966) FOR MAISON MYRBOR

Maison Myrbor was a French manufacturer and retailer of carpets founded by Marie Cuttoli (1879-1973). 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 Art Decoratifs 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 works 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.

A carpet of same model as the one present here was exhibited at the Salon d'Automne, 1932. The 1931 film le Parfum de la Dame en Noir by the avant-garde film maker Marcel L'Herbier also showcased a smaller carpet of this design.