Erection date: 1995
The plaque shows a detail from a design for the silk fabric produced in Spitalfields. We believe the design shows a pomegranate in the Jacobean style, popular in the 18th century. One very successful designer was Garthwaite, who lived and worked one street to the north.
This cast-iron roundel is one of 22 - see Bowler's page for more details.
E1, Fournier Street
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bowler plaque - Silk Design (A)
Many of the Huguenots that arrived here in the 16th and 17th centuries were s...
Fabric designer. Born Leicestershire. Moved with her sister to Princes (now P...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Bowler plaque - Silk Design (A)
We cannot find any information about Bowler himself, only that in c.1990-2010...
Colonel R. E. B. Crompton, 1845 - 1940, electrical engineer, lived and worked here, 1891 - 1939. English Heritage
Trying to understand the right hand panel: the 'south vestry' is probably the small flat-roofed extension, similar to this one, but on th...
There are 54 stones in total, but it is hard to believe that places like Herne Bay and Sittingbourne were ever business capitals.
Jeremy Bentham Known for many years as the 'Lord Wellington' it is still frequently referred to as the 'Welly Bar' by many of the academ...
From Jamaica Observer: The building ... was home to Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny 'Wailer' Livingston, Aston 'Family Man' Barrett and his...
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