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).
World Europe United Kingdom England Greater London London Tower Hamlets Spitalfields
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