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Macclesfield: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee

Ref No:c13434
Date Period:1880 to 1889
Date of Image:19/08/1887
Title:Macclesfield: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee
Description:An illuminated address which accompanied a silk counterpane and was presented to Queen Victoria at Osborne House to celebrate her Golden Jubilee.
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The counterpane was made of silk by the women of Macclesfield to represent the town, which had the largest silk industry in the UK.

   
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