Gobelin

American  

[gob-uh-lin, goh-buh-, gaw-blan] / ˈgɒb ə lɪn, ˈgoʊ bə-, gɔˈblɛ̃ /

adjective

1. made at the tapestry factory established in Paris in the 15th century by the Gobelins, a French family of dyers and weavers.

2. resembling the tapestry made at the Gobelin factory.

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Gobelin British  

/ ɡɔblɛ̃, ˈɡəʊbəlɪn /

adjective

1. of or resembling tapestry made at the Gobelins' factory in Paris, having vivid pictorial scenes

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noun

1. a tapestry of this kind

Etymology

Origin of Gobelin

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

The ingenuity of repeating the colors of the Gobelin tapestry hanging in the great hall in the room’s furnishings was also carefully noted.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2015

Other walls are hung with Gobelin tapestries, vintage posters, miniatures, chinoiserie and oils, including a Viennese museum interior once presented as a gift from a cousin of Emperor Franz Josef.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2010

And when Louis XV put Boucher in control of the state tapestry factories at Beauvais and Gobelin, he brought about the last flourish of grand-scale European weaving.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sitting beneath a Gobelin tapestry in his office in the Hotel de Matignon, Chirac politely but pointedly called Mitterrand's concerns "without any foundation" and termed the President's refusal to sign "without precedent."

From Time Magazine Archive

They saw Gobelin tapestries at the French Pavilion and the life-mask of Abraham Lincoln among the exhibits of the American Bronze Company.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson