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| Picture No | 10487383 |
| Date | 1853 |
| Description | Straw-Plaiting |
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Three women plait straw, near St Albans, Hertfordshire. Straw-plaiting, to make hats and other items, was an important home industry in the middle of the nineteenth century in the Hertfordshire area, which was within easy reach of the London markets.
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| Source | Engraving based on a painting by William Lee Illustrated London News 14 May 1853 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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