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AUBUSSON
, a See also:town of See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Creuse, picturesquely situated on the See also:river Creuse 24 M
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S.E. of See also:Gueret by See also:rail
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Pop
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(1906) 6495
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It has celebrated manufactories of carpets, &c., employing about 2000 workmen, the See also:artistic See also:standard of which is maintained by a See also:national school of decorative arts, founded in 1869
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Nothing certain is known as to the See also:foundation of this See also:industry, but it was in full activity at least as far back as 1531
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From the loth to the 13th See also:century Aubusson was the centre of a viscounty, and the viscountess See also:Marguerite, wife of Rainaud VI., was sung by many a See also:troubadour
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After the See also:death of the See also:viscount See also:Guy II
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(a little later than 1262) Aubusson was incorporated in the countship of La See also:Marche by See also:Hugh XII. of See also:Lusignan, and shared in its fortunes
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See also: Aubusson was also the native See also:place of the novelists Leonard Sylvain, See also:Julien See also:Sandeau and See also:Alfred Assollant (1827—1886) . See Le Pere See also:Anselme, Hist. genealogique de la maison de France, vol. v. pp . 318 et seq.; P . Mignaton, Hist. de la maison d'Aubusson (See also:Paris, 1886) ; Cyprien Perathon, Hist. d'Aubusson (See also:Limoges, 1886) . (A . |
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