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

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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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Size: 5378px × 3249px
Location: World,Europe,United Kingdom,England,Greater London,London,Tower Hamlets,Spitalfields
Photo credit: © Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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