Jacquard is a type of Loom or of controlling the weaving on a loom. It was
invented in 1801 and makes the weaving of complex fabric like brocades less
time consuming.
There were precursors to it, too; the jacquard controller did not spring
full-grown from M. Jacquard's forehead.
The fabric was almost certainly a brocade, with a main color and a contrasting
pattern weft.
Ann in CT
--- Kimiko Small wrote:
> Jacquard is a modern term, and I am not positive if "brocade" is the
> right term for the fabric. Whatever the term, you are
> right... it would have been very expensive!
>
> Kimiko
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