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

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

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

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