[oh-buh-suh
n, -sawn; Fr. oh-by-sawn] 
| an ornate rug constructed in a flat tapestry weave, often in pastel colors. |
| Au·bus·son (ō'bə-sən, -sôɴ') n. A tapestry or usually pileless, densely patterned carpet woven in Aubusson, a city of central France, or similar to the ones made there. |
Aubusson
town, Creuse departement, Limousin region, central France, on the Creuse River near the northern edge of the Plateau de Millevaches (highest part of the Monts du Limousin), northeast of Limoges. In the Middle Ages it was the seat of a viscounty from whose rulers descended Pierre d'Aubusson, grand master of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, defender of Rhodes against the Turks
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