Scope and Contents
Manuscript treatises and notes on weaving with Jacquard looms, containing instructions, illustrations of looms, cloth swatches, thread samples, and punch card patterns. Eighteen treatises in French were created by students for coursework at the École de tissage de Lyon, France, 1855-1947, some including printed descriptions of Jacquard and Verdol looms, technical drawings of looms, other printed material relating to weaving in Lyon, and diagrams of punch cards. Notes in German, 1829-1832, are bound with a printed copy of Kirschbaum, Johann Michael, Neues Bild- und Musterbuch zur Beförderung der edlen Leinen- und Bildweberkunst: in 178 Mustern auf 74 Kupfertafeln (Heilbronn und Rothenburg ob der Tauber, in der Eckebrechtischen Buchhandlung, 1771). A manuscript treatise in German, 1894-1895, is accompanied by manuscript notes; two printed articles about the Sächsische Webstuhlfabrik in Chemnitz, Germany, and Louis Ferdinand Schönherr, with technical drawings of looms, undated; two blueprint technical drawings of looms, undated; and a watercolor drawing of “Howard & Bullough's Sizing Machine,” undated.
Dates
- 1771 - 1947
- Majority of material found within 1855 - 1947
Language of Materials
In French and German.
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Jacquard Weaving Treatises is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Adrian Van Sinderen, '10 Fund, 2007 and 2012.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Extent
3.29 Linear Feet (19 boxes)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Manuscript treatises and notes on weaving with Jacquard looms, containing instructions, illustrations of looms, cloth swatches, thread samples, and punch card patterns. Eighteen treatises in French were created by students for coursework at the École de tissage de Lyon, France, 1855-1947, some including printed descriptions of Jacquard and Verdol looms, technical drawings of looms, other printed material relating to weaving in Lyon, and diagrams of punch cards. Notes in German, 1829-1832, are bound with a printed copy of Kirschbaum, Johann Michael, Neues Bild- und Musterbuch zur Beförderung der edlen Leinen- und Bildweberkunst: in 178 Mustern auf 74 Kupfertafeln (Heilbronn und Rothenburg ob der Tauber, in der Eckebrechtischen Buchhandlung, 1771). A manuscript treatise in German, 1894-1895, is accompanied by manuscript notes; two printed articles about the Sächsische Webstuhlfabrik in Chemnitz, Germany, and Louis Ferdinand Schönherr, with technical drawings of looms, undated; two blueprint technical drawings of looms, undated; and a watercolor drawing of “Howard & Bullough's Sizing Machine,” undated.
Jacquard Loom
The Jacquard loom, invented by Joseph-Marie Jacquard in 1804, used a system of punch cards to weave patterned cloth. The Jacquard loom was employed by the textile industry worldwide during the 19th-20th centuries, and its system of punch cards influenced development of punch card technology for computers.
Processing Information
Materials puchased in 2007, formerly Uncat MS Vault 809, were added in 2015, in boxes 15-19 and box 14, folders 6-7.
- École de tissage de Lyon
- Howard & Bullough
- Information technology -- France
- Information technology -- Germany
- Jacquard weaving -- France
- Jacquard weaving -- France -- Lyon
- Jacquard weaving -- Germany -- Chemnitz
- Jacquard, Joseph-Marie, 1752-1834
- Kirschbaum, Johann Michael, 1725-1782
- Punched card systems -- Weaving
- Sächsische Webstuhlfabrik
- Schönherr, Louis Ferdinand, 1817-1911
- Swatches -- France -- 19th century
- Swatches -- France -- 20th Century
- Swatches -- Germany -- 19th century
- Technical drawings -- France -- 19th century
- Technical drawings -- France -- 20th Century
- Technical drawings -- Germany -- 19th century
- Textile industry -- France -- Lyon
- Textile industry -- Germany -- Chemnitz
- Weaving -- France -- Study and teaching
- Weaving -- Germany -- Study and teaching
- Title
- Guide to the Jacquard Weaving Treatises
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Karen Spicher
- Date
- April 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
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