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The last phase if important Spanish production began early in the last century, in Madrid and Cuenca under the protection of the royal family. Contemporary documents refer to carpets made in a tapestry weave rather than by knotting; in the palace inventories of Philip V (1700 ? 1746), the first of the Spanish Bourbons, tapestries (hangings) used on the floors like carpets are mentioned, and these are clearly of the aubusson type imposed on Spain through the influence of the French Bourbons. But in the Spanish manufacturers imitated French carpets, they reached a high artistic level in this filed. These tapestry woven carpets achieved their greatest prestige during the second half of the 18th century when, following the fashion which had been introduced during the reign of Charles III (1759 ? 1788), decoration was in Pompeian taste.
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