Preparing punched cards for a Jacquard loom, 1844. Artist: Unknown

Preparing punched cards for a Jacquard loom, 1844. Artist: Unknown

1-152-033 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Preparing punched cards for a Jacquard loom, 1844. The loom had a card for each weft thread of pattern. A total of 400-800 was normal, but sometimes 24,000 were worked. From George Dodd The Textile Manufactures of Great Britain. (London, 1844).


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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
People Related
  1. Joseph-Marie Jacquard: French: Textile manufacturer, inventor

Medium
  1. Engraving

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2918x3591
File Size : 30,699kb


Aliases

  1. 005991
  1. 005991
  1. 0390000974
  1. 1-152-033
  1. 1152033
  1. 974

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