Salt's Mill, Saltaire

Made:
1985-1987 in Saltaire
photographer:
Ian Beesley

Ian Beesley/Science Museum Group
© Ian Beesley

Gelatine silver reproduction print entitled 'Salt's Mill, Saltaire' by Ian Beesley. 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.

[Table 66: Through the Mill - The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs, by Ian Beesley and Introduction by Gary Firth]

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1991-5061/114
Measurements:
overall: 293 mm x 368 mm
type:
silver gelatin print
taxonomy:
  • derivative object
  • copy - derivative object
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford