Model of Falcon's loom

Made:: 1728 in unknown place

Model of Falcon's loom, 1728, with a jacquard type system. This loom was the first machine of any kind to be controlled by punch cards, following Frenchman Basile Bouchon's use of perforated paper rolls in 1725. Falcon's loom used perforated cards tied together in an endless chain. The pattern reproduced on the woven cloth was produced by the loom's rear harness controlled by the punch-card. A draw boy was still required to present the cards to the assembly of horizontal wires. Falcon's method was refined by Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834) in 1804.

Details

Category:: Textiles Machinery

Object Number:: 1963-379

Materials:: wood and lead

Measurements:: overall: 950 x 500 x 1030 mm

type:: looms

credit:: Manchester College of Science & Technology.

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Model of Falcon's loom

Measurements:: overall: 950 x 500 x 1030 mm

Materials:: wood and lead

Object Number:: 1963-379/1

type:: looms

Components from model of Falcon's loom

Shuttle, weight, thread and other components associated with model of Falcon's loom, 1728. In brown paper envelope marked 'Parts Falcons Model Loom 1963 - on Gal. 1963-379'.