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...
We can't find the link from the QR code. The Sun reported the plaque's unveiling.
We're pretty certain that the blue colour is vandalism, or guerrilla art, if you will.
The composer of this plaque has been very mean with first names and initials.
New Cross (Equitable) Building Society was established in 1866 but did not move into this building (and presumably erect the shield) unti...
Lissenden Gardens Tenants Association Anthony Green, R.A., artist, lived here from 1939 to 1990. Awards for all.
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