Giles, a celebrated French dyer, in the reign of Francis I. discovered a method of dyeing a beautiful scarlet, and his name has been given ever since to the finest French scarlets. His house, in the suburb of St Marcel at Paris, and the river he made use of, are still called the Gobelins. An academy for drawing, and a manufactory of fine tapestries, were erected in this quarter in 1666; for which reason the tapestries are called the Gobelins.