Hand-knotted in wool, this pair of 3x3 square rugs from France are an exceptionally rare 1925 French Art Deco rug by Jean Burkhalter for Pierre Chareau, featuring abstract painterly forms and soft Mediterranean hues, commissioned for a modernist villa in Corsica.Designed in 1925 by Jean Burkhalter for Pierre Chareau, these extraordinarily rare French Art Deco rugs belong to a celebrated suite of five commissioned for a seaside villa in Corsica. Preserved in remarkable condition, the work stands among the most sophisticated expressions of early modern French decorative arts, reflecting a pivotal moment when architecture, painting, and textile design converged into a singular avant-garde language. Burkhalter's composition departs radically from the formal symmetry of earlier European carpets, embracing abstraction with an almost painterly sensibility. Fluid organic forms drift across the surface like fractured landscapes or sweeping brushstrokes, rendered in tonal gradients of powder blue, slate, ivory, sand, and muted blush.The historical significance of these rugs lies equally in their provenance. Jean Burkhalter, trained at the École des Arts Décoratifs and later associated with Atelier Primavera, was among the foremost textile innovators of the Art Deco era. His collaboration with Pierre Chareau—one of the great architects of French modernism—produced some of the period's most daring decorative works, conceived not merely as furnishings but as integral architectural elements within space. Both deeply collectible and art historically important, this rug exemplifies the rare union of French craftsmanship, modernist experimentation, and decorative sophistication that defined the highest level of Art Deco design.