Patterns [for jacquard weaving], Salt's Mill, Saltaire by Ian Beesley

Patterns [for jacquard weaving], Salt's Mill, Saltaire by Ian Beesley Patterns [for jacquard weaving], Salt's Mill, Saltaire by Ian Beesley Patterns [for jacquard weaving], Salt's Mill, Saltaire by Ian Beesley

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Gelatine silver reproduction print entitled 'Patterns [for jacquard weaving], Salt's Mill, Saltaire' by Ian Beesley. Signed in ink on the back. Produced for the commission 'Through the Mill: The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs', 1985-1987.

This storage unit is packed with Jacquard weaving programmes which consists of a series of punched cards for weaving complex figure patterns in the loom devised by a French silk weaver in 1801.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
2026-2/107
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 295 mm x 370 mm
image: 278 mm x 355 mm
type:
silver gelatin print and reproduction
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford