France · Tapestry weaving; Textile arts; Royal manufactory tradition
Tapisserie des Gobelins
Flat-woven wool tapestry on a vertical high-warp loom (haute-lisse), worked from a cartoon hung behind the warp. The weaver works facing the back of the tapestry and checks the face using a mirror. The Manufacture des Gobelins, established 1662, remains a functioning royal manufactory under the French state.
Risk level: Stable · Not listed separately (Aubusson UNESCO 2009 covers the basse-lisse tradition)
The hand-cutting, hand-stitching, and finishing of fine leather goods in France, centered on le point sellier (the saddle stitch) — a technique dating to the 13th century, developed originally for saddle-making, in which two needles share…
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