The Gobelins Manufactory was created to supply masterworks of decorative arts for which royal residence?

• A. Saint-Cloud
• B. Louvre
• C. Versailles
• D. Fontainebleau

Answer: (C)

The question looks at why the Gobelins Manufactory was created in the first place. It was established as a crown workshop under Louis XIV to produce tapestries and other decorative arts for the king’s residences, with Versailles as the central project. Versailles embodied the height of royal power and taste, so the Gobelins were tasked with furnishing its interiors—tapestries, hangings, and related pieces—that would showcase the monarch’s wealth and authority. While the manufactory later supplied works to other royal spaces, its founding purpose was to decorate Versailles. Saint-Cloud, Fontainebleau, and similar sites were important royal locations, but Versailles is the setting most closely tied to why the Gobelins was created.