The Royal Silk Manufactory was originally established by John Beckett at the corner of Store Kongensgade (No.

It was destroyed by fire but was rebuilt by his successor, Charles Maillot (1718-1745), a Frenchman, with support from the kommercekollegiet, in 1742.

[2] Peter Reiersen (1713-1773), who had been appointed as bookkeeper at Almindelige Varemagasin in 1738, managed to revive the operations.

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).

At this point the number of employees had fallen to 28 weavers and approximately one hundred workers.

Friderich Hoppe (1770-1837), the owner of Rosenfeldt at Vordingborg and a board member of the Reiersen Foundation, lived in another apartment.

The complex was acquired by Johan Carl Modeweg in 1825 and once again turned into a textile factory, but he moved the production to Brede Works in 1831.

The building fronting the street served as headquarters and also contained a residence for the manager.