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The oldest printer in town
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of the society of dyers and colourists
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1478-4408
pISSN - 0037-9859
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-4408.1992.tb01382.x
Subject(s) - capital (architecture) , textile , art , ancient history , history , economic history , archaeology
It is not widely appreciated that the British textile printing industry started in London. Cotton, silk and linen printing all took root in the capital in the late seventeenth century as a result of growing trade with India and the Far East. Matthew Castle traces a brief history of the only surviving printing firm from these early days, David Evans & Co., based in the Kentish town of Crayford.