Foreign silk traders started to settle in the harbour of Yokohama, and silk trade developed.

At the adjacent Koza Han, built 500 years ago as a center for silk traders, the upper floor is still used for silk retailing.

By the end of the 19th century Lyon had 310 silk factories with 210,000 workers, and 320 silk traders.

He was married twice, first to silk trader's daughter Johanne Margaretha Klein from 1826 to her death in 1835.

The story of Almijan, a gaunt 31-year-old former silk trader with nervous eyes, has all the markings of a public health nightmare.

Initially, most of the residents of this city were government employees and there were few agricultural as well as silk traders.

During this period he worked as a silk trader, to get the money for his family.

Each street then had merchants and households specialized in a particular trade, such as silk traders, jewellery, etc.

There, in 1852, he met the wealthy silk trader Otto Wesendonck.

He was born to Christian parents in North Cochin-China, and was by profession a wealthy silk trader.