{"id":7810,"date":"2021-11-24T11:59:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T11:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realfabricadetapices.com\/?page_id=7810"},"modified":"2022-05-19T11:02:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T11:02:39","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/realfabricadetapices.com\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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End of the War of Succession. Spain loses its territories in Flanders.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1721<\/div><\/div>
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Felipe V founds the Royal Tapestry Factory in Madrid, close to the Puerta de Santa B\u00e1rbara. The Vandergoten family, a generation of Flemish artisans oversee the management of the works.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
1727<\/div><\/div>
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The factory adds its first high-wrap looms to increase production capacity and increase the quality of the tapestries.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
1775<\/div><\/div>
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Francisco de Goya delivers his first series of pasteboards for tapestries.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
1882<\/div><\/div>
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Alfonso XII authorises the demolition of the first Royal Tapestry Factory building to build a new one on the extension of the city.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
1889<\/div><\/div>
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The looms are transported to the new factory in Atocha. The Neo Mudejar style building was designed by the Royal Palace's First Architect, Jos\u00e9 Segundo de Lema.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
1982<\/div><\/div>
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After a period of difficulties due to competition with the now extinct Gremios Foundation, the factory recovers the status of \u201cRoyal Factory\u201d.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
1996<\/div><\/div>
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The RTF acquires that status of Foundation. The management is assumed by the Board of Trustees, comprised of public administrations and number of individual trustees.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2006<\/div><\/div>
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The building is declared a Site of Cultural Interest by the Regional Government of Madrid.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2011<\/div><\/div>
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The headquarters of the Royal Tapestry Factory is selected within the Industrial Heritage Plan by the Spanish Institute of Historic Heritage<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2018<\/div><\/div>
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The Rey Balduino Foundation grants the Royal Tapestry Factory the \u201cBelgian Heritage Overseas Prize\u201d in 2017.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2021<\/div><\/div>
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Visit of Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain to the Royal Tapestry Factory to mark the occasion of its tercentenary.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
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