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Gobelins, Manufacture nationale des

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The former royal tapestry factory, founded by Colbert in 1664 to make beautiful tapestries for the royal household, is still going strong. Priceless works of art, based on paintings by artists such as Le Brun and Boucher and, more recently, Lurçat and Picasso, have been produced in the workshops over the last three centuries. Techniques have hardly changed since the 17th century and looms are either upright (haute lice method) or horizontal (basse lice
method). The 17th-century buildings also house the Savonnerie carpet factory, founded in 1604, and the Beauvais tapestry factory, founded at the same time as the Gobelins.


Address: 42 avenue des Gobelins, 75013 Paris
Phone: 01 44 08 52 00
Open: Tue, Wed, Thu; guided tours only between 2 and 2:45. Closed bank hols
Bus: 27, 47, 83, 91
Metro: Les Gobelins
Accessible: None
Admission: Moderate
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