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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 bought for Louis XIV by his minister Colbert. With the support of the French government, it continues to make tapestries.


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Residence des Gobelins (owned by a French/Jamaican couple) 9, rue des Gobelins, 75013 Paris; telephone: 331-47-07-26-90; fax: 331-43-31-44-05.
It had the express intention of reviving the trade of the old royal factories like Sevres and Gobelins, to try to reduce the distress of the skilled workmen who had fallen into poverty after the Revolution.
Jury Honors were also given to "Fallen Art" by Tomek Baginski of Platige Image (Poland) and "La Migration Bigoudenn" by Eric Castaing, Alexandre Heboyan, and Fafah Togora of Gobelins, l'ecole de l'image (France).
 
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