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MardiniTex is a well established firm in the field of textiles since 1937. It is the first company in Egypt and in the Middle East to produce Jacquard Textiles.The main purpose of the company is to producing, dying, and finishing fabrics that are used in making curtains and upholstery for home and hotel.
 
The machinery that is used for producing the textiles are state of the art high tech looms with electronics jacquard. Our products are produced using international standards of production, and we lead the market in Fire Retardant textiles also we do other types of treatments for the textiles such as anti – shrinkage and waterproof that are demanded and used by most hotels.
 
Our product are guaranteed for use indoor and outdoor. MardiniTex supplies most of the hotels in Egypt in areas such as Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor, Hurghada, Sharm Al – Sheikh, and in all the Gulf Area.MardiniTex uses special techniques and methods for selecting and producing wall tapestries that has been displayed all round the world by major Museums.
 
History of Gobelins
Tapestries originally were used in palaces. The word tapestry is derived from the ancient Greek word "tapes" meaning a carpet. More commonly describes a heavy cloth with decorative art designs and picture textile interpretation. Jean Gobelin and Philibert Gobelin were two French dyers, who had a dye works for wool on the outskirts of Paris in the mid – 15th century.
The family business grew rapidly up until the year 1601 were King Henry IV of France turned the works into a tapestry factory under 2 Flemish weavers who were Marc de Comans and Francois de la Planche and The factory was named “les Gobelins” in memory of dyer Jean Gobelin. The product became so famous that king Louis XIV took over it in 1662 and his Finance Minister Colbert hired the French painter Charles Lebrun director and chief designer from 1663 to 1690, Colbert created a royal art furniture works. Between 1694 to 1697 The royal art furniture's tapestries was temporarily closed due to the Crown’s financial difficulties.
It reopened exclusively to make tapestries and has continued, with a concise interruption during the French Revolution.Up to the 17th century the wall rugs were called “line weaved rugs”, after that they were called “Gobelins”.