Louis XIV placed artisans into which workshop to start the royal manufacture?

Louis XIV placed artisans into which workshop to start the royal manufacture?

• A. Sèvres
• B. Louvre Workshop
• C. Royal Academy
• D. Gobelins

Answer: (D)

Louis XIV centralized luxury production by creating state-run workshops to showcase royal power and unify court style. He placed artisans into the Gobelins workshop, launching the royal manufacture for tapestries. This workshop became the emblem of a royal, government-controlled production system, supplying tapestries for Versailles and other palaces and setting a model for how luxury crafts were organized under the crown. Sèvres is a later royal porcelain factory, while the Louvre workshop and the Royal Academy refer to institutions rather than the specific production workshop established to spearhead royal manufacture.

Louis XIV centralized luxury production by creating state-run workshops to showcase royal power and unify court style. He placed artisans into the Gobelins workshop, launching the royal manufacture for tapestries. This workshop became the emblem of a royal, government-controlled production system, supplying tapestries for Versailles and other palaces and setting a model for how luxury crafts were organized under the crown. Sèvres is a later royal porcelain factory, while the Louvre workshop and the Royal Academy refer to institutions rather than the specific production workshop established to spearhead royal manufacture.