Salt's Mill, Saltaire

Ian Beesley/Science Museum Group
© Ian Beesley

Gelatine silver reproduction print entitled '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:
2026-2/108
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 291 mm x 368 mm
image: 277 mm x 356 mm
type:
silver gelatin print and reproduction
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford