Benjamin Henshawe (1585–1631) was a London merchant tailor and silkman who supplied fabrics and passementerie for costume and furnishings for the royal court. His widow, Anna Henshawe, continued in business with William Geere.[1]
^Annabel Westman, Fringe Frog & Tassel: The Art of the Trimmings-Maker in Interior Decoration in Britain and Ireland (London: Philip Wilson, 2019), 19–20.
BenjaminHenshawe (1585–1631) was a London merchant tailor and silkman who supplied fabrics and passementerie for costume and furnishings for the royal...
alternative design with more complex sculptural symbolism than Colt's. BenjaminHenshawe, a silkman, provided gold fringes and trimmings for the velvet cushion...
spelling "taylor" in its name. Alderman Robert Aske Sir William Gardiner BenjaminHenshawe, (1585–1631) Baptist Hicks, (1551–1629) Robert Jousie John Kendrick...
specialist merchants known as "silkmen" supplied passementerie, including BenjaminHenshawe who provided a variety of lace and tassels for clothing and interior...
Backhouse married Flower (Flora), daughter of Thomas Henshawe and sister of BenjaminHenshawe of the City of London on 11 July 1615. They had no children...
to two "maskinge suttes for Jefferye" (Jeffrey Hudson) supplied by BenjaminHenshawe. By 1637 he was replaced as surveyor of the robes of Henrietta Maria...
workmen. Ribbons and passementerie were provided by silkmen, including BenjaminHenshawe. By his will of 5 October 1617 he bequeathed an annuity of 20 shillings...
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