GOBELIN  , the name of a See also:

• FAMILY

family of dyers, who in all See also:

• PROBABILITY (Lat. probabilis, probable or credible)

probability came originally from See also:

• REIMS
• REIMS (RHEIMS)

Reims, and who in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 15th-See also:

• GOBI (for which alternative Chinese names are SHA-MO, " sand desert," and HAN-HAI, " dry sea ")

GOBI I 6 5 See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century established themselves in the See also:

• FAUBOURG

Faubourg See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint See also:

• MARCEL, ETIENNE (d: 1358)

Marcel, See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, on the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the Bievre . The first See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

• FIRM

firm was named Jehan (d . 1476) . He discovered a See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• SCARLET

scarlet dyestuff, and he expended so much See also:

• MONEY

money on his See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment that it was named by the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• PEOPLE

people la folie Gobelin . To the dye-See also:

• WORKS

works there was added in the 16th century a manufactory of See also:

• TAPESTRY

tapestry (q.v.) . So rapidly did the See also:

• WEALTH

wealth of the family increase, that in the third or See also:

• FOURTH

fourth See also:

• GENERATION (from Lat. generare, to beget, procreate; genus, stock, race)

generation some of them forsook their See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade and See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased titles of See also:

• NOBILITY

nobility . More than one of their number held offices of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, among others Balthasar, who became successively treasurer See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery, treasurer extraordinary of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, councillor secretary of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of the See also:

• EXCHEQUER

exchequer, councillor of state and See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the chamber of accounts, and who in 1601 received from See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry IV. the lands and lordship of Briecomte-See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert . He died in 1603 . The name of the Gobelins as dyers cannot be found later than the end of the 17th century . In 1662 the works in the Faubourg Saint Marcel, with the adjoining grounds, were purchased by See also:

• COLBERT, JEAN BAPTISTE (1619-1683)

Colbert on behalf of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XIV., and transformed into a general upholstery manufactory, in which designs both in tapestry and in all kinds of See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture were executed under the superintendence of the royal painter, Le Brun . On See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the pecuniary embarrassments of Louis XIV., the establishment was closed in 1694, but it was reopened in 1697 for the manufacture of tapestry, chiefly for royal use and for presentation . During the Revolution and the reign of See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon the manufacture was suspended, but it was revived by the Bourbons, and in 1826 the manufacture of carpets was added to that of tapestry .

In 1871 the See also:

• BUILDING

building was partly burned by the Communists . The manufacture is still carried on under the state . See See also:

• LACORDAIRE, JEAN BAPTISTE HENRI (1802-1861)

Lacordaire, See also:

• NOTICE

Notice historique sur See also:

• LES

les manufactures imperiales de tapisserie See also:

• DES

des Gobelin et de tapis de la Savonnerie, precedee du See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

catalogue des tapisseries qui y sont exposes (Paris, 1853) ; Genspach, Repertoire See also:

• DETAILLE, JEAN BAPTISTE

detaille des tapisseries executees aux Gobelins, 1662–1892 (Paris, 1893) ; Guiffrey, Histoire de la tapisserie en See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France (Paris, 1878-1885) . The two last-named authors were See also:

• DIRECTORS

directors of the manufactory .