Basile Bouchon
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Basile Bouchon was a textile worker in the silk center in Lyon who invented a way to control a loom with a perforated paper roll in 1725. The son of an organ maker, Bouchon partially automated the ted
Bouchon's 1725 loom on display at the Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris
Warp and weft
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In the manufacture of cloth, warp and weft are the two basic components in weaving to transform thread and yarn into textile fabrics. The vertical warp yarns are held stationary in tension on a loom w
Warp and weft in plain weaving. See weaving for other weave pattens, such as twill.
Wrapping of the warp threads around the warp beam of a loom in preparation for weaving
Swedish weaving