Dyeing and colour workshop, Les Gobelins, Le Mobilier
Original chromatic circle designed by chemist Eugene Chevreul, director of the Gobelins workshop, with 3 base colours giving 72 tones and 14, 400 colours, in the Atelier de Teinture or Dyeing Workshops, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The dyeing workshop was founded by Colbert in 1665, when a limited palette of natural dyes were used. In 1838 Eugene Chevreul created his chromatic circle, which is now digitised and used for mixing synthetic dyes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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75013 Atelier Chevreul Chromatic Conservation Couronne Dyeing Garde-meuble Gobelins Manufactory Mixing Mobilier Nuancier Shade Tapestry Teinture Tone
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