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Jacquard machine
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The Jacquard machine is a device fitted to a loom that simplifies the process of manufacturing textiles with such complex patterns as brocade, damask and matelassé. The resulting ensemble of the loom
This portrait of Jacquard was woven in silk on a Jacquard loom and required 24,000 punched cards to create (1839). It was only produced to order. Charles Babbage owned one of these portraits; it inspired him in using perforated cards in his Analytical Engine. It is in the collection of the Science Museum in London, England.
This portrait of Jacquard was woven in silk on a Jacquard loom and required 24,000 punched cards to create (1839). It was only produced to order. Char
A Jacquard loom showing information punchcards, National Museum of Scotland
A Jacquard loom showing information punchcards, National Museum of Scotland
A schematic diagram of the Jacquard system
A schematic diagram of the Jacquard system
19th century Engineering drawing of a Jacquard loom
19th century Engineering drawing of a Jacquard loom
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
Bouchon's 1725 loom on display at the Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris