The Stocking Knitting Industry of Later Sixteenth-Century Norwich.

Knitted garments became increasingly common throughout the sixteenth century in England, and it has been estimated that the production of stockings alone occupied at least 90,000 knitters at the end of the century. Knitting as an economic process in England has been little studied in this period. Th...

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Published in:	Textile History Vol. 52; no. 1/2; pp. 144 - 165
Main Author:	Edwards, Lesley O'Connell
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd May-Nov2021
Subjects:	Knitting Sixteenth century Poor people Production quantity Manufacturing processes Norwich (England) England
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