[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osCPWMyJOj8&w=470] The Jacquard loom, invented in the early 1800s, used punched cards to manufacture relatively complex ...

But it wasn’t an engraving. It was a sheet of finely woven silk – a thousand threads to the inch – so subtle and detailed ...

Since you might not have heard of the device before, here's a quick rundown. The device attached to a weaving loom and used printed punch cards to "program" patterns into the looms woven fabric.

The Reader, created by art collective MidConversation, uses silk squares to "echo" the movement of Jacquard looms and chimes to represent binary code. The looms were controlled by binary punch cards ...

The century-old Jacquard looms lining the factory floor of Scalamandre in Long Island City, Queens, offer as pure an evocation of industrial-era romance as did the Twentieth Century Limited. But ...

Take inspiration from one of this year's most popular textiles. Brittany Ambridge From fashion to home decor, Jacquard fabrics are everywhere in 2024. But what actually is Jacquard? You might be ...

Hanging just inside the front window of the Surrey Art Gallery’s TechLab are three rich and complex weavings. Designed by Vancouver artist Ruth Scheuing, these works imagine vastly enlarged historical ...