Model. This loom was the first machine of any kind to be controlled by punch cards, following Frenchman Basile Bouchon's use of perforated paper...
The Jacquard loom was invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard for weaving complicated patterns using a punched card system.
Harness Mounter setting up a damask design on a jacquard machine at an Irish mill. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4584 - Irish Linen Earns...
Printed punch card used to program a Jacquard Loom, an early example of industrial automation; Jacquard looms use the patterns punched on a card to...
Photograph of an antique French loom which has been retrofitted with a Jacquard attachment, allowing the loom to mechanically weave complex fabric...
Diagram of a Jacquard loom, 1838-1845. French text: 'Explication de la mecanique à la Jacquard. Bascule ou levier aux fourchettes des quelles est...
Black and white engraving of a double-lift, single cylinder, jacquard machine, produced in Philadelphia by Thomas Halton, from the volume "Technology...
Engraved image of a Jacquard silk loom with a motor drive, and early example of industrial automation; Jacquard looms use the patterns punched on a...
Polychrome jaquard woven silk ribbon with portrait of General US Grant at center, 1865. Inscription 'RICHMOND/1865/Vicksburg/Fort Donelson/GENERAL US...
This full page spread shows 8 Jacquard and Moquette looms. The image originally appeared in 'The Growth of Industrial Art' .