
Female silk worker, Spitalfields, London, 1833.
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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Heritage Images
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5378 x 3249 pixels
Print Size @ 300 dpi
18 x 11 inches / 46 x 28 cm