Dorset Postcard: Lullingstone Silk Farm Compton House Reeling Machine 80s XT5986

This fascinating view documents visitors observing the specialized silk reeling machine in operation at the Lullingstone Silk Farm, then located at Compton House near Sherborne. Noted as the only machine of its kind in Britain, this historic operation famously produced the delicate silk used for the last two royal coronations and numerous prestigious royal events.

This is a continental size postcard which was published by Beric Tempest & Co. Ltd., St Ives, Cornwall for Worldwide Butterflies and Lullingstone Silk Farm, Sherborne, Dorset. The postcard was made in the United Kingdom. This is an unused postcard.

This postcard has slight wear to the top left hand corner tip.

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