Gobelin

[ gob-uh-lin, goh-buh-; French gaw-blan ]

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.

Gobelin

/ ɡɔblɛ̃; ˈɡəʊbəlɪn /

adjective

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

noun

1. a tapestry of this kind

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gobelin¹

First recorded in 1780–90

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gobelin¹

C19: from the Gobelin family, who founded the factory

Example Sentences

Though the conversation needs to be coherent, unlike Bruno Sailelli’s somewhat headspinning discourse at Lanvin on poetry, perfume, childhood, tailoring and the 1960s in the form of neatly constructed bandleader coats and capes, flyaway trapeze frocks, ruffled Toulouse-Lautrec high-low hemlines and bejeweled jersey sheaths set among fairy tale Gobelin tapestries.

From New York Times

In an 18th century French Gobelin tapestry from MASP’s collection, the New World is a fever dream of fecundity, with litter-bearing black slaves picking their way through orgasmic profusions of fruit and flowers.

From New York Times

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

From Literature

His interest in fabric sprang from a childhood familiarity with fine textiles at the home of his maternal grandfather, who was an administrator for the Beauvais and Gobelin tapestry industries and a collector of quality fabrics.

From Reuters

His interest in fabric sprang from a childhood familiarity with fine textiles at the home of his maternal grandfather, who was an administrator for the Beauvais and Gobelin tapestry industries and a collector of quality fabrics.

From Reuters