Textiles & Clothing
Jacquard mechanism
A Jacquard mechanism selects individual warp threads through a sequence of punched cards. Mounted above a loom, it allows intricate woven patterns to be repeated by mechanically encoding the lifting instructions.
About this artifact
A Jacquard mechanism selects individual warp threads through a sequence of punched cards. Mounted above a loom, it allows intricate woven patterns to be repeated by mechanically encoding the lifting instructions.
Sources & image credits
Historical photograph, illustration or documented physical example; the source caption identifies the depicted object.
Image: A Jacquard loom showing information punchcards, National Museum of Scotland.jpg
Creator: Stephencdickson
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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