Article by Natalie Rothstein on nine surviving English silks woven in Spitalfields from designs by Anna Maria Garthwaite, dated between 1742 and 1752. Each silk is paired with its watercolour design in the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the article uses them to assess the quality and style of English silk in the 1740s and early 1750s. It covers silk types (tobine, lustring, tabby, damask, brocade), design scale and repeats, and the identities and careers of the weavers and mercers named on the designs, including Lekeux, Vautier, Pulley, Brant, Sabatier and Julins. Plates show the designs alongside details of the woven silks and dresses held in British and American collections.