Look up: Gobelins

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   Gobelins
   French tapestry factory, originally founded as a dyeworks in Paris by Gilles and Jean Gobelin about 1450. The firm began to produce tapestries in the 16th century, and in 1662 the establishment was...
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   Gobelins
   tapestry works established in 1662 in Paris and still in operation today. Gobelins produced tapestries and carpets in traditional, Classical styles taken from designs, or cartoons, by eminent painters, such as Raffaello Raphael. In the mid to late 19thC, Gobelins produced tapestry portraits for royalty and panels for Parisian theatres. The quality ...
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   Gobelins
   `Gobelins` can refer to: * the Gobelin family of dyers; * Gobelins tapestry factory; * an area in Paris around the factory; * a Paris Métro station in that area: Les Gobelins (Paris Métro); * a contemporary school of image, see Gobelins (school of image).
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   Gobelins
   (from the article `Gobelin Family`) ...His descendants seem to have given up dyeing by the end of the 16th century; some of them bought titles of nobility and offices in the financial ... ...embossed in thin metal, as though the pieces were for display rather than use—was characteristic and influential. France, however, undoubtedly...
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