Clein [Cleyn], Francis [formerly Franz Klein] (d. 1658), painter and tapestry designer, was born at Rostock in Germany, possibly the son of a goldsmith, Hans Klein. Apart from date of birth and parentage, Clein's life up to 1642–3, when details seem to have been obtained from ...
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Clein [Cleyn], Francis [formerly Franz Klein] (d. 1658), painter and tapestry designer
Wendy Hefford
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Cox, James (c. 1723–1800), jeweller and entrepreneur
Roger Smith
Cox, James (c. 1723–1800), jeweller and entrepreneur, was born in London, the son of Henry Cox (c.1691–1746), tailor of Broad Street, and his wife, Frances, née Matthews. He was apprenticed in 1738 to Humphry Pugh, goldsmith of Fleet Street and freeman of the ...
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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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Ker, James (d. 1768), jeweller and politician
Andrew M. Lang
Ker, James (d. 1768), jeweller and politician, was the son of Thomas Ker of Edinburgh, deacon of the corporation and a magistrate of the city, and his wife, Margaret, daughter and coheir of John Kerr of the Canongate. His grandfather was Sir Thomas Ker...
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Lekeux, Peter (1648–1723), master weaver
Clare Browne
Lekeux, Peter (1648–1723), master weaver, was born in Canterbury, Kent, the third son of John Lekeux, weaver, and Antoine Le Quien. The Lekeux were a well-established family of weavers, who had first gone to Canterbury as Huguenot refugees in the late sixteenth century. ...
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Martin, John (1783–1855), botanist and hand-loom weaver
Anne Secord
Martin, John (1783–1855), botanist and hand-loom weaver, was born on 17 November 1783 in Tyldesley, Lancashire, the son of a poor shopkeeper and farmer. He lived with his parents, of whom little is known, until about 1802, during which time he received some schooling and began weaving. When he was fifteen he became intensely religious, advocating voluntary poverty. None the less, when his father began losing property to creditors, ...
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Sabatier, John (1712/13–1780), silk weaver
Anita McConnell
Sabatier, John (1712/13–1780), silk weaver, was baptized Jean Sabatier, the son of Jean Sabatier (d. 1745), a silk weaver. His exact date and place of birth are unknown; the family arrived in England as Huguenot refugees and settled in the district of ...
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Six, James (1730–1793), silk weaver and natural philosopher
Anita McConnell
Six, James (1730–1793), silk weaver and natural philosopher, was born in Canterbury, Kent, on 30 January 1730, and baptized there in the Walloon church on 26 February. He was the son of James Six (1695–1743) and his wife, Ester, daughter of Louis Ducaufour...
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Straub, Marianne (1909–1994), textile designer
Mary Schoeser
Straub, Marianne (1909–1994), textile designer, was born on 23 September 1909 in Amriswil, Thurgau, Switzerland, the second of four daughters of Carl Straub (1871–1927), textile yarn merchant, and his wife, Cécile Kappeler (1881–1973). Despite her father's business Straub's interest in textiles developed independently, while she lived in a tubercular ward from the age of three and a half to eight. There she developed her acute memory for pattern, texture, and colour. At fifteen she decided to study textiles and, after boarding-school in ...
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Webb, Peter (d. 1775), jeweller
Helen Clifford
Webb, Peter (d. 1775), jeweller, was the youngest son of Arthur Webb of Kilkenny, Ireland, and Deborah, his wife. He married Catherine Le Court (d. 1776), daughter of David Le Court, a London jeweller, and Mary Anne, his wife, at St Mildred Poultry...
