Show famous tapestry the tapestries originated la in t the 10 I 1 work ot of a former dyer named Gobel ln who in the fifteenth century came from reims helms to paris tho family having discovered a marvelous scarlet dye which attracted great attention in the sixteenth century to the manufacture of dyes was added the tha manufacture ture of top tapestry esEry which founded tho the fortune of the family some of the tha family were granted titles ot of nobility and some became beedee leading statesmen of france in tile the reign of louis XIV the government took over the tapestry manufactures and they ro re main a state activity |