Hi Devon
I'm not an expert, but I believe the term Jacquard refers to a weaving
method rather than specifically to the equipment/technology used to make
it. So if the computer-controlled lace machines manipulate the threads
the same way the old punch-card Jacquard machines did, they are Jaquard
machines,
Jaquard Weave itself probably predates the punch-card operated Jacquard
looms first used to mass-produce it, and the 19th/early 20th century
punch-card operated Jacquard machines were a predecessor of modern
computers - my software developer husband still has a pile of punch
cards from when all computers were programmed that way (only about 40
years ago).
Beth
NW England
On 30/08/18 16:06, Devon Thein wrote:
Previously, lacemaking machines were run on Jacquard technology in
which the movement of the machine was directed by punched cards. Now I
believe that most lacemaking machines are run on computer technology.
But, would the computer version still be called Jacquard technology,
or is the physical presence of punched cards required to use the term
Jacquard technology?
We are doing some editing on labels for the exhibit and I am unsure
whether a statement implying that all lacemaking machines are run on
Jacquard technology is correct.
Devon
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