Description
Unique handmade gobelin **7/*5 cm, Luxurious frame, French
threads - DMC "COTON PERLE MARQUE DE FABRIQUE DEPOSEE,
MULHOUSE-BELFORT-PARIS".
The Gobelin as an art work was founded as a dye works in the
mid **5th cent. by Jean Gobelin. A tapestry works started by two
Flemish weavers, Marc de Comans and Franзis de la Planche, called
to France by Henri IV in ***1, was later added. In ***2, Louis XIV
purchased the Tapestries manufactory and there Colbert united all
the royal craftsmen, creating a royal and furniture works.
The Tapestries was temporarily closed from ***4 to ***7, after
which the works specialized in gobelin.
Both low- and high-warp weaving were done until about ***5,
when the low-warp power frames were moved to the manufactory of
Beauvais; they were returned to Gobelins after World War
II.
The factory has always been noted for excellence of materials,
dyes, and workmanship; it originated the exquisite its
blue.
Very famous tapestries from its looms include a set based on
copies of Raphael's frescoes in the Vatican and *4 great pieces
commemorating the achievements of Louis XIV !
Today ,we have milions and millions of gobelin art users and
collector around the Globe in many many luxurious homes, offices,
art pubs, rest-houses, etc.
