The Jacquard loom was famously the first machine to use cards like this, and it is no secret that they were the inspiration for Hollerith’s use of cards in the census, which would eventually ...

For this reason, "Jacquard designs can be incredibly complex, with the planning and the loom work itself controlled by computerized systems [and historically via punch cards] that lift up certain ...

The term jacquard doesn’t refer to a specific material, print, or pattern, but rather a method of creating raised motifs in fabric by using a particular type of loom—the jacquard loom.

It's named after Joseph Marie Jacquard, the French inventor who, back in 1804, produced a loom that could create intricate ...

The Big Bang, the Jacquard loom, indigenous traditions, Afrofuturism, dream logic, the Northern Migration, the Industrial Revolution, and Detroit techno. It takes a remarkable fabric to weave all ...