Jacquard Loom Photos

Whiles looms have been used to manually weave cloth since antique times, a major jump in technology transpired in 1804 when Joseph Marie Jacquard invented a loom based on programmable punch cards. Jacquard built on earlier inventions by the Frenchmen Basile Bouchon (1725), Jean Baptiste Falcon (1728) & Jacques Vaucanson (1740).

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Graphic portrait of J.M. Jacquard inventor of first programmable loom at Musées des Tissus. Lyon, France.Silk portrait of Joseph Jacquard inventor of programmable loom used to weave his portrait at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France.Monument to J.M. Jacquard inventor of first programmable loom at Place de la Croix-Rousse. Lyon, France.Model of loom programmed via punch cards invented by Joseph-Marie Jacquard at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France.
Graphic (1839) portrait of J.M. Jacquard (1752-1834) inventor of first programmable loom at Musées des Tissus. Lyon, France.Silk portrait (c1855) of Joseph Jacquard inventor of programmable loom used to weave his portrait at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France.Monument to J.M. Jacquard (1752-1834) inventor of first programmable loom at Place de la Croix-Rousse. Lyon, France.Model of loom programmed via punch cards (c1810) invented by Joseph-Marie Jacquard at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France.
Details of loom programmed via punch cards by Joseph-Marie Jacquard at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France.Punch card loom by Jean Philippe Falcon at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France.Loom for shaped fabrics by Jacques Vaucanson at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France.Loom for shaped fabrics by Jacques Vaucanson at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France.
Details of loom programmed via punch cards (c1810) by Joseph-Marie Jacquard at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France.Punch card loom (1728) by Jean Philippe Falcon (shown as scale model Paris Expo 1855) at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France.Loom for shaped fabrics (façonnés) (1748) by Jacques Vaucanson at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France.Loom for shaped fabrics (façonnés) (1748) by Jacques Vaucanson at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France.
Jacquard punch card loom in stairway at Musées des Tissus. Lyon, France.Jacquard loom in Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Cottage where his father worked as a weaver of damask linen. Dunfermline, Scotland.Jacquard loom where wooden punch cards programmed pattern to be woven. Pawtucket, RI.Details of Jacquard loom at Slater Mill Historic Site Museum. Pawtucket, RI.
Jacquard punch card loom in stairway at Musées des Tissus. Lyon, France.Jacquard loom in Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Cottage where his father worked as a weaver of damask linen. Dunfermline, Scotland.Jacquard loom where wooden punch cards programmed pattern to be woven. Pawtucket, RI.Details of Jacquard loom at Slater Mill Historic Site Museum. Pawtucket, RI.
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