Ariane Fennetaux

Books by Ariane Fennetaux

The Holker Album

Textile Samples and Industrial Espionage in the 18th Century

In 1751, John Holker (1719-1786), an English textile manufacturer exiled in France, undertook an industrial espionage mission to England to collect samples of English textiles on behalf of the French king, Louis XV. On his return, the samples were assembled in a manuscript volume, which is now pr...
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