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Gobelin
(‖ gɔblɛ̃, ˈgɒbəlɪn)
Also Gobelins.
[f. Gobelins, the state-factory of tapestry in Paris, so named after its founders.]
1. Used attrib., as in Gobelin tapestry, the tapestry made at the Gobelins, and imitations of this; also ellipt.; Gobelin blue, a blue like that used in Gobelin tapestry; Gobelin stitch (see quot. 1882).
1788A. Young Travels 10 Oct. (1792) 98 Four fine tablets of the Gobelin tapestry. 1802C. Wilmot Let. 31 Jan. (1920) 44, I tell you of the ‘Gobelins tapestry’ which we went to see. Ibid. 19 June 72 The apartments were hung over with fine Gobelins. 1817M. Edgeworth Harrington I. xv. 399 The gobelin tapestry of the back drawing-room. 1823W. Irving Life & Lett. (1864) II. 134 Dinner served up in room where there is very good Gobelin tapestry. 1864Sala Quite Alone I. xiv. 218 You saw the beautiful Gobelins tapestry, marvellous in the minute finish of its work. 1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework s.v. Embroidery, Gobelin Stitch, a short upright stitch, also called Tapestry.
2. absol. ‘A variety of damask used for upholstery, made of silk and wool or silk and cotton’ (Cent. Dict.). |