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Spitalfields silk weavers, 1893. Artist: Enoch Ward

Spitalfields silk weavers, 1893. Artist: Enoch Ward

1-158-916 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Spitalfields silk weavers, 1893. Here the women are winding and reeling silk thread. This enclave of the silk industry in East London was founded by Huguenot refugees who left France after Louis XIV's Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685). From La Science Illustree. (Paris, 1893).

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Creator
  1. Enoch Ward, attributed to: British: Artist, painter, illustrator
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
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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5200x3359
File Size : 51,173kb

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  1. 007110
  1. 007110
  1. 0460001625
  1. 1-158-916
  1. 1158916
  1. 1625
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