|
|
Article: Jacquard's Web.(Book Review)
- Article from:
- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- April 1, 2005
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2005 Contemporary Review Company Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Jacquard's Web: How a Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age. James Essinger. Oxford University Press. [pounds sterling]14.99. xii + 302 pages. ISBN 0-19-280577-0. The hand-loom in question was a device which wove silk threads according to a pattern determined by a series of 24,000 punched cards. The inventor of this loom was Joseph-Marie Jacquard. Mr Essinger begins his book with a history of silk and then moves to draw-looms, which the Lyon inventor-weaver sought to improve. How he went about his work and how he ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: Jacquards take off at Hometextil. (Hometextil Americas, ...
HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network;
June 5, 1995 ;
700+ words
... ... 6 ... selling upholstery jacquards and lower-priced chenille ... trend in South America toward jacquards," Schneider added. "Prints ... re changing from chintz to jacquard and tapestry. Richer, finer ... company's double-woven jacquards had gotten a lot of interest ...
|
|