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cloth halls


Identification code: 300411388



Alternative term/s

  • Cloth Hall
  • cloth hall
  • cloth-hall

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Scope note:

Large buildings that that are intended as markets and warehouses for cloth. These spaces originated in the Middle Ages and evolved into spaces where brokers and dealers arranged international sales of wool and finished cloth, and local merchants bought and sold wool, thread, and cloth in varied stages of production.

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