Sujet
Spitalfields silk weavers, 1893. Artist: Anon
Légende
Spitalfields silk weavers, 1893. Warner's workshops, Spitalfields, East London. The weavers are working on hand looms and the weaving shed is lit by fishtail gas lights. This enclave of the silk industry 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).
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1893
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B66_250
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (6,4Mo) / 37,9cm x 33,0cm / 4482 x 3897 (300dpi)