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France, 1928. France. Société des Amis des Gobelins, an octagonal bronze plaque by H.-L. Gréber, male figures inspecting a tapestry, reverse frontal elevation of a building, named (Alexis Godillot), 70 x 43mm. Good very fine, rare (£50-70)

The Gobelins manufactory of tapestries and furniture for the French royal palaces was purchased for the Crown in 1662 by Louis XIV’s minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert, who appointed Charles le Brun (1619-90) as director