Image: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will present ‘A King’s Carpet: Louis XIV and the Savonnerie’ at The Met Fifth Avenue from September 8, 2026, through March 5, 2028, according to an exhibition listing circulated by the museum.
The title links the exhibition to Louis XIV and the Savonnerie, the French royal carpet manufactory associated with the production of grand carpets for the monarchy. The announcement, however, does not provide further information about the objects to be displayed, the exhibition’s curatorial approach, or whether the presentation will include loans or works from The Met’s collection.
The exhibition is scheduled for The Met Fifth Avenue, the museum’s principal location in New York. The Met’s collection and exhibition programme span art from antiquity to the present, including European painting and sculpture, decorative arts, textiles, arms and armor, musical instruments, and works from cultures around the world. No additional institutional partners or venues are identified in the announcement.
The Savonnerie name carries particular significance in the history of European decorative arts. The manufactory was established in Paris in the early seventeenth century and became closely tied to royal commissions under Louis XIV, whose reign made the production and display of luxury furnishings an important part of the image of the French court. Those broader historical associations provide the context indicated by the exhibition’s title, although the museum has not yet released a checklist or interpretive description for the show.
‘A King’s Carpet: Louis XIV and the Savonnerie’ is listed among The Met’s exhibitions for the 2026–27 programme. It opens September 8, 2026, and remains on view at The Met Fifth Avenue until March 5, 2028.
