XEE4187269 The painter Charles Lebrun (Le Brun) (1619-1690), director of the manufacture, explained to Louis XIV, known as Le Roi-Soleil (King Soleil or Louis the Great, 1638-1715), king of France, during his visit to the Gobelins in Paris, the operation of a high-smooth metier for weaving tapestries on October 15, 1667. He was accompanied by Jean Baptiste (Jean-Baptiste) Colbert (1619-1683). Chromotypography in ??????Le Roy Soleil??????(Louis XIV) by Gustave Toutwelve, Illustration by Maurice Leloir (1853-1940), 1904. Privee Collection. by Leloir, Maurice (1853-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: The painter Charles Lebrun (Le Brun) (1619-1690), director of the manufacture, explained to Louis XIV, known as Le Roi-Soleil (King Soleil or Louis the Great, 1638-1715), king of France, during his visit to the Gobelins in Paris, the operation of a high-smooth metier for weaving tapestries on October 15, 1667. He was accompanied by Jean Baptiste (Jean-Baptiste) Colbert (1619-1683). Chromotypography in ??????Le Roy Soleil??????(Louis XIV) by Gustave Toutwelve, Illustration by Maurice Leloir (1853-1940), 1904. Privee Collection.); Stefano Bianchetti.