MUSEOS DE LA SEDA / SILK MUSEUMS

made a representative of the burghers of Stockholm to the Riksdag, the Swedish parliament. As a manufacturer, he was a protectionist and worked in vain to prevent the abolishment of tariffs and ba- rriers to free trade. In 1847, the mill moved to a lot which had ben acquired by K.A. Al- mgren and reached from Repslagargatan to Götgatan. 10 A previous owner of the lot was silk hosier Carl Toutin (1732−1812). 11 Two new floors were added to an existing one-storey house and became a functional mill with high ceilings and high windows. The hou- 10 The Västergötland district No. 6 and 9. 11 Lindgren-Fridell p.114. 154