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I taught a raspberry pi intro to computing class last year and was hunting around for some jacquard loom demos for the students when I found something that blew
by Adaptive 12y ago
I taught a raspberry pi intro to computing class last year and was hunting around for some jacquard loom demos for the students when I found something that blew my mind:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78opvFR-VsU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78opvFR-VsU
These are antique looking jacquard looms in current use in Hanoi. I bet they are still there right now, operating. I know that some crafters use them and there are still specialty mills that make use of modern jacquards, but this is a factory and these look like they are straight out of the 1800s. Amazing.
I wonder still how old some of those looms are...
- gumby 12y agoI took some shots of Jaquard looms in operation outside Beijing in 1984. Everybody was supposed to marvel at the silk fabric but I was fascinated by the belts of cards. Everybody treated me like a loon (not loom) for appreciating the ancient hardware. The looms had clearly been shipped from Europe by the French labeling on the metal parts. I wonder if the equipment you saw in Hanoi passed through China on its way.