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In the 1840s, my great-great grandfather came to Paris to study at the Gobelins Tapestry Factory. He was not a weaver or tapestry-maker, but a chemist who specialized in the science of colour and dyes, and the Gobelins was the … Continue reading
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Tagged 32 rue Eugène Flachat, 51 boulevard Berthier, Accords chromatiques, Alain-Charles Perrot, Bon Marche, Build Up, F.-G. Dumas, François-Guillaume Dumas, Gobelins Tapestry Factory, Jules Loebnitz, La Samaritaine, Lycée Molière, Monceau Fleurs, Opéra Garnier, Paris Illustré, Paris Opera, Paul Sédille, Pavilion de l’Arsenal, Pompidou Centre, Printemps, Revue Illustrée, rue des Thermopyles, rue du Ranelagh, Simon Texier
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