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… … Wikipedia
Gobelins Manufactory — For other uses, see Gobelins (disambiguation). Manufacture des Gobelins, Paris. The Manufacture des Gobelins is a tapestry factory located in Paris, France, at 42 avenue des Gobelins, near the Les Gobelins métro station in the XIIIe… … Wikipedia
Tapestry — is a form of textile art. It is woven by hand on a vertical loom. It is weft faced weaving, in which all the warp threads are hidden in the completed work, unlike cloth weaving where both the warp and the weft threads may be visible. In this way … Wikipedia
tapestry — tapestrylike, adj. /tap euh stree/, n., pl. tapestries, v., tapestried, tapestrying. n. 1. a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture… … Universalium
Gobelins manufactory — The Manufacture des Gobelins is a tapestry factory located in Paris, France, at 42, avenue des Gobelins, near the Les Gobelins métro station in the XIIIe arrondissement. It is best known as a royal factory supplying the court of Louis XIV and… … Wikipedia
GOBELINS, GILLES AND JEAN — brothers, celebrated dyers, who in the 15th century introduced into France the art of dyeing in scarlet, subsequently adding on tapestry weaving to their establishment; their works in Paris were taken over by government in Louis XIV. s reign,… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Gobelins, Manufacture Nationale des — A textile factory located in the 13th arrondissement (zone) of Paris, and named after a family of French dyers, the Gobelin enterprise began in the mid 15th century, when Jean and Philibert Gobelin set up a dye works on the outskirts of the… … France. A reference guide from Renaissance to the Present
gobelins — Gob·e·lin || gəʊbÉ™lɪn adj. relating to or of tapestry characterized by vivid pictorial scenes which is manufactured by the Gobelin factory in Paris; resembling tapestry made at the Gobelin factory n. woven tapestry of lively pictorial… … English contemporary dictionary
Beauvais tapestry — The Beauvais tapestry manufacture was the second in importance, after the Gobelins tapestry, of French tapestry workshops that were established under the general direction of Jean Baptiste Colbert, the finance minister of Louis XIV. Whereas the… … Wikipedia
New World Tapestry — The New World Tapestry is the largest stitched embroidery in the world,[1] larger than the Bayeux Tapestry. It depicts English colonisation attempts in Newfoundland, North America, the Guyanas and Bermuda between the years 1583 and 1642, when the … Wikipedia
Mortlake Tapestry Works — were established alongside the River Thames at Mortlake, then outside, but near west London in 1619 by Sir Francis Crane. Contents 1 Royal Patronage 2 The Tapestries 2.1 Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight … Wikipedia
