1720~, Spitalfields

1720~, Spitalfields

Identifier
1979.387.2
Transfer of custody
Victoria and Albert Museum
Acquisition
Rogers Fund, 1979
Collection
Material
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
107.5999984741211 cm (height)
51.400001525878906 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

This piece is comparable to silk designs by James Leman (ca. 1688–1745), whose ancestors probably emigrated from northern France. Huguenot artisans were influential in a number of industries in England, particularly during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.