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Plate 79.
SPITALFIELDS SILK BROCADE. Early XVIII Century.
Protection was granted to the English silk industry by Edward
IV., who passed an Act prohibiting the importation of wrought silks.
Queen Elizabeth granted a charter in 1564 to the Dutch and
Walloon settlers in Norwich, where 300 of them were established
in the weaving of damask and striped and flowered silks.
The silk industry first became of importance during the reign
of James L, when some attempts were made to establish the art of
sericulture in various parts of the country, but without success.
The importation of French woven silks was forbidden by
statute in 1697, and it was also enacted in 1701 that the
importation of silk fabrics from Persia, India, and China should
cease. These laws remained in force for more than a century.
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SPITALFIELDS SILK BROCADE. Early XVIII Century.
Protection was granted to the English silk industry by Edward
IV., who passed an Act prohibiting the importation of wrought silks.
Queen Elizabeth granted a charter in 1564 to the Dutch and
Walloon settlers in Norwich, where 300 of them were established
in the weaving of damask and striped and flowered silks.
The silk industry first became of importance during the reign
of James L, when some attempts were made to establish the art of
sericulture in various parts of the country, but without success.
The importation of French woven silks was forbidden by
statute in 1697, and it was also enacted in 1701 that the
importation of silk fabrics from Persia, India, and China should
cease. These laws remained in force for more than a century.
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