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Macclesfield Museums is a collection of four museums focusing on Macclesfield and the Silk Industry. The museums are owned by Cheshire East, the local council, and are managed on their behalf by the Macclesfield Silk Heritage Trust. [1] [2] The museums are called The Silk Museum, Paradise Mill, West Park Museum, and The Old Sunday School.
In about 1821, the Jacquard mechanism began to br attached to looms. By means of punched cards, the Jacquard head allowed patterns of great complexity to be woven. In the twentieth century, Macclesfield Silk Pictures became famous, these were woven on these looms by firms such as the BWA (Brocklehurst Whiston Amalgamated). Today they are ...
Brocklehurst was one of the eight children of John Brocklehurst, a wealthy Macclesfield silk manufacturer, and his wife Mary. [1] [2] The family started out in the button making business, but they moved into silk in the 19th century. [2] Marianne was born in 1832 and had traveled widely with her sister Emma from when she was around 20 years old.
By 1833, the Company's business was described as silk spinners, at Stonehouse Green. In 1834, 3 of his sons established the business of Reade Brothers and Co, silk throwsters and manufacturers of silk goods, also at Stonehouse Green. By 1846 the business was described as silk spinning and working of waste silks.
Macclesfield Museums: Macclesfield: Industry: Four museums about the local silk industry, including the Silk Museum on Park Lane, Paradise Mill, Heritage Centre, and the West Park Museum [29] Nantwich Museum: Nantwich: Local: Local history including Cheshire's role in the Civil War, local salt, cheese, clothing, shoe and clock-making industries ...
Silk Museum can refer to any of the following: Bsous Silk Museum, Lebanon; The Silk Museum, Macclesfield, in Cheshire, England; Yokohama Silk Museum; Museum of Calabrian textile, silk, costume and fashion handicrafts
John Birchenough JP (1 November 1825 – 7 May 1895) was an English silk manufacturer and local politician in Macclesfield, Cheshire in the nineteenth century. [1] He was the head of the Macclesfield silk manufacturing firm Birchenough and Sons with mills at Park Lane, Prestbury Road and Henderson Street in Macclesfield.
Medieval and 16th-century business women (especially in England) involved in the supply of luxury fabrics, the trade and craft of a silkwoman. Pages in category "Silkwomen" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.