Title
A Spitalfields silk weaver at his hand loom, 1884. Artist: Unknown
Caption
A Spitalfields silk weaver at his hand loom, 1884. This man could earn 70p in a good week, below the average for a skilled worker, but by this date the industry had declined and work was hard to come by. The Spitalfields silk industry was begun by Huguenot refugees who left France after the Revocation of Edict of Nantes (1685) by Louis XIV. From Cassell's Family Magazine. (London, 1884).
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1884
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images
Reference
HRM19B65_259
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
50,0Mb (3,7Mb) / 14,1in x 13,8in / 4230 x 4128 (300dpi)