The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-05-25

OLD sBYEEs BtsCuIr-THE JUDGMENT or
PARIS.
ceramic arts manufactured in insti-
tutions under state control and sub
sidised since time immemorial by the
Kings, Emperors and Presidents
through whose hands the government
Of France has passed during the last
four centuries. These establishments
are three in numbers /. The manu-
factory Of tapestries and carpets at the
Gobelins (Pafis}. 3. The manufsctory
for similar purposes al BeAuvais s..
The mahpfsctory Of Sevres.
In addition to these many other
LaappfaOtoTies of ceramic treasures
and tapestI les exist, some like Limo
ges and Aubusson being subsidized by
The wealthy manufactures of different
cities, The most perfect work pro-
duced comes from the Gobelins, Beau
vais and Sevres The French section
in the Manufactures Building will be
decorated in many instances with
Gobelin tapestries, but the best sam
pies of the work will be seen in the
special salon of the City of Paris, ad-
Joining the French pavilion. In the
Liberal Arts Building will be seen
some very rare and some very valuable
and the Muller works at IvSy, near
Paris, are forwarding some reproduc-
tions of Persian ceramics, the originals
OF which are over 900 years old.
The national manufactory of the
Gobelin tapestry, now standing in the
Avenue des Gobelins, was founded in
1850 by one Jean Gobelin, . dyer, on
the banks of the stream La Bievre,
whose waters enjoyed q repute for a
peculiar property which assisted the
production OF certain rich tints, such
as scarlet and purple, always in such
great request for the dyeing of the
silk thread or woods used in the manu-
facture of tapestry. The family of
Gobelin emigrated from ROLAND into
France and some of their descendants
and connections have for centuries
been workers at the institution which
has taken their name ana which,
when France was a kingdom, was
known as the Royal Gobelin Manu-
factory, but which is once again the
National Gobelin Mandatory.
Although there are numerous pri-
vate manufactures of tapestries and
carpets in different parts of France,
notably at Aubusson and Rheims,
there is besides the Gobelins but one
mandatory under the immediate
direction of the Minister of Public In
struction and Fine Arts, which is that
of Beauvais. In the cathedral OF that
city is to be seen hanging represent
ing the acts of Christ and the apostles,
after Raphael, from the Beauvis man
ufactory There is also another hang
ing, dated 1880, representing the Tro-
jan war, of very fine execution. Beau
Vais still maintains its former reputa-
tion in more modest sphere, especially
in its compositions OF flowers, orna-
mental and hunting subjects. In
Windsor Castle there are many tapes
tries both from the Gobelins and from
Beauvais, gifts Of the different courts
- .-.oe. Ia u u--szSs =sg-S Va Presor.
vstion. LilIe The Go6sline, BeauvsiS
owes much 70 the roiRp Of Louis XIV,
v whose tfhe Colbert United all the
different establiAhments of the city
With the object Of heying them supply
decorations for furnIture as well as Tor
the production of poflsroS and crha-
mental hanginga To fully compre-
hend the different styles Of manufac-
tttre adopted at Beauvais and the
3obelips IL might here be stated In
few words hoy ShA Wc9Um2 proUg0U
In both esta blfhAuaentA
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