The Macclesfield silk button industry: The probate evidence

Textile History

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-177

  Knight, Paul ^a  

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Indexed keywords

BUTTON; SILK INDUSTRY; TEXTILE HISTORY; WEAVING;

EID: 10444281630     PISSN: 00404969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/004049604225015738     Document Type: Article

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