Jacquard Loom - All Fiber Arts
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| A jacquard loom and other weaving equipment at a visit to the Science Museum in London. | |
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Jacquard Looms |
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| Weaving patterns is an intricate task, but is also repetitive. Joseph Jacquard developed a system of punched cards, where the pattern was 'programmed' into the cardboard cards. These controlled the lifting of the sheds and created the patterning. This later led to the development of the modern day computer. | |
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Jacquard Loom Science Museum London, England |
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 | Note the ''weights'' that provide the tension for the back beam. |
 | Flying Shuttle Loom Shuttles were stacked into a feeder mechanism and changed automatically |
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