Return to Paris Nearby: [ Notre Dame | Luxembourg Gardens | Races | Cluny Museum | Rodin Museum| D'Orsay Museum | Les Gobelins | Marais |Montmartre ]
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| Les Gobelins Return to Paris Nearby: [ Notre Dame | Luxembourg Gardens | Races | Cluny Museum | Rodin Museum| D'Orsay Museum | Les Gobelins | Marais |Montmartre ] | ||||||||||||
| The factory Les Gobelins makes tapestries and sauvigny rugs for the state, French government. They have been doing the work since Louis XIV in the same buildings. The workers are state workers first and artists second. Both vertical and horizontal looms are used for the tapestries. It takes over three years to complete one large tapestry. | ||||||||||||
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