Female silk worker, Spitalfields, London, 1833. Artist: Unknown

Female silk worker, Spitalfields, London, 1833. Artist: Unknown

1-158-910 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Female silk worker, Spitalfields, London, 1833. A woman is winding silk onto the warping frame. The Spitalfields silk industry was begun by Huguenot refugees who left France after the Revocation by Louis XIV of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. From The Saturday Magazine. (London, 16 November 1833).


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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :

Medium
  1. Engraving

Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe United Kingdom England Greater London London Tower Hamlets Spitalfields

  1. 51 31 00 N , 000 04 00 W

Category Hierarchy

Trade & Industry Occupations

Trade & Industry Manufacturing & Heavy Industry


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5378x3249
File Size : 51,191kb


Aliases

  1. 006896
  1. 006896
  1. 0460001617
  1. 1-158-910
  1. 1158910
  1. 1617

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