- A
silkwoman was a
woman in medieval, Tudor, and
Stuart England who
traded in
silks and
other fine fabrics.
London silkwomen held some
trading rights independently...
- Joan or Jane
Wilkinson (née North) (d.1556) was
silkwoman to Anne
Boleyn and Lady
Lisle and a
Protestant reformer. She was a
friend of
other leading reformers...
-
Trades Suppliers Cloth merchant Draper Dressmaker Haberdasher Mercer Silkwoman Tailor Manufacturers Media related to
Sewing at
Wikimedia Commons Clothing...
- for the Lady Mary. The
stool was
upholstered with
crimson velvet and a
silkwoman,
Mistress Margery Vaughan,
provided crimson silk
fringes and
ribbons for...
-
valuable wardrobe and an
unusually large number of shoes. The queen's
silkwoman,
Marie Wilkinson,
supplied some of her clothes.
Wardrobe warrants from...
- Jane
Langton was a 15th-century
English silkwoman based in London. The
widow of a saddler,
Langton bought silk with
Genoese merchants, in one transaction...
- pearls. This was
called "Caulle fashion" in England. In 1563 Elizabeth's
silkwoman Alice Montague emplo**** a
woman "altering and translating" the queen's...
-
Langwith (died 1481) was a
successful English businesswoman and
London silkwoman who was
known to
provide silk
goods to the
Royal Court in London. Ellen...
-
Schetz supplied "cawles of
heare lyned with taphata", and in 1601 the
silkwoman Dorothy Speckard supplied "Two
heare Cawles curiouslie made in workes...
-
Peter continued in the
service of his widow, Joan. Joan had
served as a
silkwoman in Anne Boleyn's household, and was
close friends with
leading Protestant...
