Jacquard Card For Silk Weaving
by Wellcome Images
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Jacquard Card For Silk Weaving
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Wellcome Images
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A type of Jacquard card for silk weaving. Engraving by G. Gladwin after C. Varley. The mechanical Jacquard loom was a device for weaving textiles invented in 1804 by the French weaver and inventor Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834). It had a number of novel design features and was the first to be automatically controlled. It was controlled by a number of perforated cards, the holes corresponding to the weave pattern. When the loom was introduced into factories, there were riots among workers who feared losing their jobs.
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April 18th, 2016
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