By the mid-1600s he and his wife Francyntje Meesdochter were running two workshops in Delft, another in Gouda and a trading firm in The Hague. As well as working on commissions for the ruling stadtholders and other members of the Dutch elite, this successful company counted Polish aristocracy and the Swedish royal court among its customers. The factory made tapestries featuring landscapes, forest and hunting scenes, as well as cushion covers and upholstery decorated with floral patterns or coats of arms. Van der Gucht also produced tablecloths with floral decorations, a uniquely Dutch genre of domestic textile.
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