I love stories and flowers. Here is an enjoyable novel that is based on the life of real life artist and textile designer for silks in Spitalfields 1690-1763 who also loved gardens, flowers and beautiful silks
The silk weaver by Liz Trenow
Anna Buttterfield moves from her Suffolk country home to her uncle’s house in London, to be introduced to society. A chance encounter with a local silk weaver, French immigrant Henri, throws her from her privileged upbringing to the darker, dangerous world of London’s silk trade. Henri is working on his ‘master piece’ to make his name as a master silk weaver; Anna, meanwhile, is struggling against the constraints of her family and longing to become an artist. Henri realises that Anna’s designs could lift his work above the ordinary, and give them both an opportunity for freedom
images and so much more delightful information thank you to On Pins & Needles
(full article by J. Leia Lima)
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