Weaving shed fitted with Jacquard power looms, c1880. Artist: Unknown

Weaving shed fitted with Jacquard power looms, c1880. Artist: Unknown

1-152-788 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Weaving shed fitted with Jacquard power looms, c1880. French silk-weaver and inventor Joseph Marie Jacquard invented a loom which used a punched card system to weave complicated patterns in textiles. Swags of punched cards carrying the pattern being woven are at right and above each loom. Illustration published in Paris, c1880.


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  1. Joseph-Marie Jacquard: French: Textile manufacturer, inventor

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