He was neither an architect nor professional engineer, but a silk merchant and a property developer.

The silk merchant seemed to be one of those men whom everyone liked.

The silk merchant was dancing, part of a group of figures.

She had pulled him back into the shadows of a silk merchant's doorway.

He was the son of a silk merchant.

His family was poor and he left school at the age of 12 to serve as an apprentice to a silk merchant.

The khan was built to receive the silk merchants, which gave it its name.

He was simply content with following in the footsteps of his father as a silk merchant.

In 1778, he listed his occupations as master weaver and silk merchant.

"There will be panic among the silk merchants and the cobblers."