Traditionally, figured designs were made on a drawloom. The heddleswith warp ends to be pulled up were manually selected by a second operator, the draw boy, not the weaver. The work was slow and labour-intensive, and the

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On the diagram, the cards are fastened into a continuous chain (1) which passes over a square box. At each quarter rotation a new card is presented to

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Originally the Jacquard machines were mechanical, and the fabric design was stored in a series of punched cardswhich were joined to form a continuous chain. The Jacquards often were

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A pinnacle of production using a Jacquard machine is a prayer book, woven in silk. The book's title is Livre de Prières. Tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. All 58

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The Jacquard head used replaceable punched cards to control a sequence of operations. It is considered an important step in the

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• Thomas Ferguson & Co Ltd, Jacquard weaver

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It is recorded that in 1855, a Frenchman adapted the Jacquard mechanism to a system by which it could be worked by electro-magnets. There was significant interest, but trials were not

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