In the Morning Herald of 6th July 1826, there was an announcement that read:
INDIA SILK HANDKERCHIEFS – the 6th of July, being fixed for the ADMISSION of MANUFACTURED SILKS and GLOVES into this country, a great variety of curious patterns of INDIA SILK POCKET HANDKERCHIEFS are selected and will be ready for sale on that day at the warehouse of C.KEENE and CO…
Yes, until that time, although silk had been imported into Britain, all items were then made in the local silk mills, especially ribbons.
Objections were raised in Parliament, especially by Edward Ellice, the MP for Coventry, who had presented a petition from the silk weavers of Coventry two years earlier on 4th March 1824.
However, these objections were dismissed and so items began arriving (legally) to be sold openly.
INDIA SILK HANDKERCHIEFS – the 6th of July, being fixed for the ADMISSION of MANUFACTURED SILKS and GLOVES into this country, a great variety of curious patterns of INDIA SILK POCKET HANDKERCHIEFS are selected and will be ready for sale on that day at the warehouse of C.KEENE and CO…
Yes, until that time, although silk had been imported into Britain, all items were then made in the local silk mills, especially ribbons.
Objections were raised in Parliament, especially by Edward Ellice, the MP for Coventry, who had presented a petition from the silk weavers of Coventry two years earlier on 4th March 1824.
However, these objections were dismissed and so items began arriving (legally) to be sold openly.
