Gobelin

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

/ ˈgɒb ə lɪn, ˈgoʊ bə-; French gɔˈblɛ̃ /

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

resembling the tapestry made at the Gobelin factory.

Origin of Gobelin

First recorded in 1780–90

His chamber was vaulted, and the walls painted in the style of Gobelin tapestry; they represented the whole of Olympus.

O. T. |Hans Christian Andersen
These walls are covered with silk, and the tapestry is gobelin.

Around The Tea-Table |T. De Witt Talmage
For working flowers, you must have two meshes, one-seventh of an inch in width, and the pattern must be worked in gobelin stitch.

The Ladies' Work-Table Book |Anonymous
In spite of Marats report the Gobelin manufactory was not interfered with; not at least in theory.

Old and New Paris, v. 2 |Henry Sutherland Edwards

Mud-hens, in their midsummer fluttering, had woven the rushes into a Gobelin tapestry.

The Colossus |Opie Read

Gobelin

/ (ˈɡəʊbəlɪn, French ɡɔblɛ̃) /

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

a tapestry of this kind

C19: from the Gobelin family, who founded the factory