Anderson, Janet (1697–1761), milliner and maker of graveclothes, was born on 1 January 1697 and baptized in Edinburgh two days later. She was the daughter of James Anderson (1662–1728), clerk to the signet and author of Diplomata Scotiae, and Jean Ellis or Ellies (...
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Anderson, Janet (1697–1761), milliner and maker of graveclothes
Elizabeth C. Sanderson
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Barron, (Mabel) Phyllis (1890–1964), designer and textile printer
Barley Roscoe
Barron, (Mabel) Phyllis (1890–1964), designer and textile printer, was born on 19 March 1890 in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, the younger of two daughters of Walter Barron and his wife, Alice Maud Marguerite, formerly Clark, of Taplow House, Taplow. She was to describe her family as '...
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Carter, John (1815–1850), silk weaver and draughtsman
T. F. Henderson
revised by Delia Gaze
Carter, John (1815–1850), silk weaver and draughtsman, was born in Coggeshall, Essex, on 31 July 1815, the son of a labourer. After attending the local school he went to a charity school for two years, from 1828. Although he showed signs of artistic talent, his social circumstances prevented him from developing his gifts. He was subsequently apprenticed to ...
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Cobb, John (c. 1715–1778), cabinet-maker and upholsterer
Geoffrey Beard
Cobb, John (c. 1715–1778), cabinet-maker and upholsterer, is presumably the person of that name put as apprentice in 1729 to Tim Money, a Norwich upholsterer (Boyd MSS). The Norfolk connection is feasible on account of Cobb's bequeathing in 1778 the interest realized on ...
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Crane, Sir Francis (c. 1579–1636), courtier and tapestry manufacturer
Wendy Hefford
Crane, Sir Francis (c. 1579–1636), courtier and tapestry manufacturer, is first recorded in 1606. His name does not appear in registers of admissions to Oxford, Cambridge, or the inns of court until 1619, when he was admitted to Gray's Inn. A memorial tablet in the church at ...
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Cutler, Ann (1759–1794), hand-loom weaver and Methodist evangelist
Henry D. Rack
Cutler, Ann (1759–1794), hand-loom weaver and Methodist evangelist, was born in Thornley, near Longridge, in the parish of Chipping, Lancashire; nothing is known of her parents. After living a strict, moral life she was converted in 1785 by the revivalist Wesleyan William Bramwell...
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Devine [née Blackley], Rachel (1875–1960), weaver and trade unionist
Graham R. Smith
Devine [née Blackley], Rachel (1875–1960), weaver and trade unionist, was born on 13 February 1875 at Dudhope Crescent, Dundee, the daughter of John Blackley, yarn dresser, and his wife, Rachel McClellan. She became a weaver, and married John Devine, a cabinet-maker.
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Duncan, John (1794–1881), hand-loom weaver and botanist
Anne Secord
Duncan, John (1794–1881), hand-loom weaver and botanist, was born on 19 December 1794 at Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, the illegitimate son of John Duncan, weaver and soldier, from Drumlithie, and Ann Caird (c.1773–c.1830), also of Drumlithie, who decided to support herself and her child by weaving stockings and harvesting at nearby ...
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John Duncan (1794–1881) by unknown engraver, c. 1865–6 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Ellis [née Waite], Ann (1843–1919), trade unionist and power- loom weaver
Melanie Reynolds
Ellis [née Waite], Ann (1843–1919), trade unionist and power- loom weaver, was born at Guiseley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, on 28 June 1843, the third of at least four children of Samuel Waite (b. 1815/16), a clothier (and later described as a cloth weaver and cloth knotter), and his wife, ...
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Anne Pimlott Baker
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Flakefield, William (fl. c. 1670–1700), soldier and linen weaver
Edwin Cannan
revised by Anita McConnell
Flakefield, William (fl. c. 1670–1700), soldier and linen weaver, was, according to Ure, son of one Wilson of Flakefield, in the parish of East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, who became a merchant in Glasgow about 1650, and was called Flakefield in order to distinguish him from another merchant named ...
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Gibbs, Christopher Henry (1938–2018), aesthete and antique dealer
Jane Ormsby Gore and Martin Wilkinson
Gibbs, Christopher Henry (1938–2018), aesthete and antique dealer, was born at Holwell Manor, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, on 29 July 1938, the fifth son and youngest child, with his twin Elizabeth, of Sir Geoffrey Cokayne Gibbs (1901–1975), financier, and his wife Helen Margaret, ...
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Gillow family (per. c. 1730–c. 1830), cabinet-makers and upholsterers
Susan E. Stuart
Gillow family (per. c. 1730–c. 1830), cabinet-makers and upholsterers, came to prominence with Richard [ii] Gillow (1733–1811), the son of Robert [i] Gillow 1702/3–1772 [see below], the founder of the firm. Gillows's reputation as one of the leading British cabinet-making firms of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was established by contributions from some ten members of the family over three generations. The business was established about 1728; in 1813 probably for both economic and social reasons, the ...
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Glasse [née Allgood], Hannah (bap. 1708, d. 1770), writer on cookery and costumier
A. H. T. Robb-Smith
Glasse [née Allgood], Hannah (bap. 1708, d. 1770), writer on cookery and costumier, born at Greville Street, Hatton Garden, London, was baptized at St Andrew's Church, Holborn, on 24 March 1708, the daughter of Isaac Allgood (1683–1725) and Hannah Reynolds. The Allgoods...
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Goddard [née Egan], Mary (bap. 1717, d. 1752), poet and milliner
A. C. Elias Jr.
Goddard [née Egan], Mary (bap. 1717, d. 1752), poet and milliner, was baptized on 12 July 1717 at St Nicholas Within, Dublin, the daughter of Mary, whose maiden name was probably Colwell, and Terence Egan, variously styled 'Mr.' or '...
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Grimshaw, Mortimer (bap. 1826, d. 1869), cotton weaver and labour leader
J. E. King
Grimshaw, Mortimer (bap. 1826, d. 1869), cotton weaver and labour leader, was born into a working-class family in or near Great Harwood in north-east Lancashire, and was baptized at Church Kirk, Lancashire, on 21 May 1826, the son of Thomas Grimshaw of Rishton, Lancashire...
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Gutteridge, Joseph (1816–1899), silk weaver and naturalist
V. E. Chancellor
Gutteridge, Joseph (1816–1899), silk weaver and naturalist, was born on 23 March 1816 in Coventry, the eldest of the three sons of Joseph Gutteridge, a recruiting sergeant, and his first wife, Sarah Shaw. Educated from 1821 in two schools, run by a Quaker woman and Wesleyan preacher respectively, he then went to ...
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Hobson, Edward (1782–1830), botanist and weaver
Anne Secord
Hobson, Edward (1782–1830), botanist and weaver, was born on 23 May 1782 in Ancoats Lane, Manchester. When he was three he was taken in by an uncle in Ashton under Lyne following his father's death and the subsequent alcoholism of his mother, while a younger brother remained in ...
