The Royal Danish Silk Manufactury ( Danish: Den Kongelige Silkemanufaktur) was located at

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34 and 36 in

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. The building fronting the street at No. 34 was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and placed by the

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on 12 March 1951. The rear wings and the building at No.36 are not listed.

History

The Royal Silk Manufactory was originally established by John Beckett at the corner of

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(No. 83) and Hindegade in 1739. It was destroyed by fire but was rebuilt by his successor, Charles Maillot (1718-1745), a Frenchman, with support from the

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, in 1742. The new factory was built by

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. It was destroyed by fire in 1745, It was rebuilt but went bankrupt shortly thereafter. Maillot left the country but died in

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later that same year. Peter Reiersen (1713-1773), who had been appointed as bookkeeper at Almindelige Varemagasin in 1738, managed to revive the operations. It had 43 looms and 143 workers. A large new factory complex was constructed in Bredgade in 1755-56. Reiersen answered to four directors: Gilles Willhelm Daemen (1702-1787), Conrad Christian Dauw (1693-1775), Peter van Hurk (1667-1775) and Cornelius Schumacher (1703-1777). The latter was married to Reiersen's sister, Elisabeth Reiersen (1718-1755). Niels Lunde Reiersen 1784

The production stagnated in the 1770s. In earky 1775 it was taken over by Niels Lunde Reiersen. At this point the number of employees had fallen to 28 weavers and approximately one hundred workers. After Lunde Reiersen's death in 1795 it was taken over by his business partner Hans Brandorph. He lived with his family in one of the apartments. Friderich Hoppe (1770-1837), the owner of Rosenfeldt at

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and a board member of the Reiersen Foundation, lived in another apartment. He went bankrupt in 1802. The silk production was for a while revived by John Baverstock with support from kommercekollegiet. John and Robert (Richard?) Baverstock had together with four silk workers had come to Copenhagen from London to establish a silk production. The factory was in 1806 sold to

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and

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. In 18011, it was sold to Jean Frederik Christian Gandil (1791-1840). From 1813 to 1825, it was owned by Ulrich Christian von Schmidten and Ole Christian Borch. The complex was acquired by

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in 1825 and once again turned into a textile factory, but he moved the production to

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in 1831. The complex was later home to Bredgade Steam Mill. It closed in 1897. The buildings were then acquired by piano manufacturer Hindsberg. Several prominent residents have also lived in the complex. The later Minister of Defence

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lived at No. 34 in 1824-1825. A composer lived at No. 34 from 1874 to 1884.

Architecture

The complex is centred on two courtyards. The architect was possibly Niels Eigtved. The building fronting the street served as headquarters and also contained a residence for the manager.

List of owners

* (1756-59) the Crown with Peter Reiersen as leader * (760-73) Peter Reiersen * (1775-1796) Niels Lunde Reiersen * (1796-1806) Hans Brandorph * (1806-1811)

and

* (1811-1813) Frederik Christian Gandil * (1813-1825) Ulrich Christian von Schmidten and Ole Christian Borch

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