La Manufacture nationale des Gobelins

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The French "National Manufacture des Gobelins" (Fr. La Manufacture nationale des Gobelins.) - Paris wall carpet factory, located at Building 42, avenue des Gobelins (avenue des Gobelins Avenue des Gobelins) in the XIII district. Manufactory was founded in April 1601 by royal decree of Henry IV of, at the suggestion of a commercial advisor Barthelemy de Laffema.Kovrovoe production existed in France and to the XVII century, but in its infancy, and most of the products imported from the Netherlands. Only Henry IV decided to move the Flemish carpet production on French soil, and for this purpose in 1599 banned the importation of carpets made abroad, and at the same time gave the two Flemish - Marc de Comans and Francois de la Planche privilege to manufacture carpets, embroidered with gold and silver, and their workers, as the Flemings, freed from all competitors in the face of foreign podatey.