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Gobelin

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Go·be·lin  (gb-ln, gb-)
n.
A tapestry of a kind woven at the Gobelin works in Paris, France, noted for rich pictorial design.
Gobelin [ˈgəʊbəlɪn (French) gɔblɛ̃]
adj
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) of or resembling tapestry made at the Gobelins' factory in Paris, having vivid pictorial scenes
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a tapestry of this kind
[from the Gobelin family, who founded the factory]


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The count had valuable Gobelin tapestries and Persian carpets in the house.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
The walls were hung round with tapestry, said to be from the Gobelin looms, and, at all events, representing the Scriptural story of David and Bathsheba, and Nathan the Prophet, in colours still unfaded, but which made the fair woman of the scene almost as grimly picturesque as the woe-denouncing seer.
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