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	Tapestries have long decorated walls in the homes of the rich.&nbsp; In the 14th and 15th C Arras was an important textile center weaving tapestries with gold and silver threads.&nbsp; Flanders took over as the tapestry center of Europe in the 16th C.&nbsp; Under&nbsp; Louis XIV the Royal Manufacturers of Gobelins and Beauvais were created in respectively 1660 and 1664 to promote French tapestries.&nbsp; In the 17th and 18th C Aubusson developped its own highly successful industry. Today both Gobelins and Aubusson continue to produce high quality low warp tapestries</p>