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...
These lovely ceramics plaques were installed some time in or before 2008. There are 12 oval ceramics of which 7 nos 1-7) are mosaic and r...
Plaque unveiled by Robin Gibb. It replaces the one originally erected in 2001 which disappeared during renovation work on the building.
The WW2 plaque is very high up on the wall behind the arches and can only be read from a zoomed-in photo. The naming is confusing. This ...
Greater London Council John Maynard Keynes, 1883 - 1946, economist, lived here, 1916 - 1946.
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