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articles

Engineering Weekly

Weaving. -- No. XIV: Jacquard Apparatus -- Introduction, [Barlow, Alfred]. Engineering Weekly, November 27, 1874, 2 pages. Note: Reduced to 85% to fit on printed page. Posted April 9, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 820 KB PDF


Weaving. -- No. XV: The Jacquard Loom, [Barlow, Alfred]. Engineering Weekly, December 18, 1874, 2 pages. Note: Reduced to 85% to fit on printed page. Posted April 9, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 804 KB PDF


Weaving. -- No. XVI: The Jacquard Loom (continued), [Barlow, Alfred]. Engineering Weekly, January 8, 1875, 3 pages. Note: Reduced to 85% to fit on printed page. Posted March 23, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF


Weaving. -- No. XVII: The Jacquard Apparatus, [Barlow, Alfred]. Engineering Weekly, February 12, 1875, 2 pages. Note: Reduced to 85% to fit on printed page. Posted March 23, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF


Weaving. -- No. XVIII: The Jacquard Loom -- Compound Harnesses, [Barlow, Alfred]. Engineering Weekly, March 5, 1875, 2 pages. Note: Reduced to 85% to fit on printed page. Posted March 23, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 960 KB PDF


Iconographic Encyclopaedia of the Arts and Sciences

Textile Machinery, ---. Iconographic Encyclopaedia of the Arts and Sciences, 1885, 62 pages. Posted July 10, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 7.6 MB PDF


International Studio

Made in America, Gillespie, H. S. International Studio, Vol. 66 (1919), 4 pages. Posted November 18, 2003. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF


Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary

Jacquard Loom, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted June 17, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 432 KB PDF


Melliand

Engraving with Jacquard Machines, ---. The Melliand, Vol. 2, No. 8 (November 1930), 5 pages. Posted October 5, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.6 MB PDF


Sketches from the History of the Textile Industry: Jacquard, Keiser, A. J. The Melliand, Vol. 1, No. 2 (May 1929), 5 pages. Posted February 10, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.1 MB PDF


Methods of Enlarging Jacquard Patterns, McKenna, M. A. The Melliand, Vol. 3, No. 2 (May 1931), 6 pages. Posted November 18, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.4 MB PDF


Leno Jacquard Designing, Nelson, T. The Melliand, Vol. 2, No. 11 (February 1931), 4 pages. Posted December 11, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF


Melliand's Textilberichte [Melliand's Textile Reports]

Eine neue Jacquardmaschine zum Weben von Jaquard-Doppelmoquette auf Doppelschlägerstühlen, Erler, Hermann. Melliand's Textilberichte [Melliand's Textile Reports], 1927, 2 pages. Note: Scanned by John Cropper. Posted December 11, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 652 KB PDF


Jacquardkarten-Spareinrichtung für Gobelin-Bildweberei, Goll, Max. Melliand's Textilberichte [Melliand's Textile Reports], 1927, 2 pages. Note: Scanned by John Cropper. Posted December 11, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF


Nouveau Larousse Illustré

Jacquard, ---. Nouveau Larousse Illustré, 1904, 1 page. Posted September 1, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 484 KB PDF


Posselt's Textile Journal

Designing and Fabric Structure of Jacquard Silks, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1911, 2 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted February 20, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 194 KB PDF


Designing and Fabric Structure; Various Settings for Jacquard Effects, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1912, 5 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted December 16, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 700 KB PDF


Designing and Fabtic Structure of Jacquard Silks, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1911, 4 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted February 20, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 478 KB PDF


Improvements in Jacquards, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, March 1919, 3 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted April 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 768 KB PDF


[Jacquard], Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1911, 3 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted February 29, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 474 KB PDF


Jacquard Designing, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1911, 5 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted February 19, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 926 KB PDF


Jacquard Designing, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, November 1917, 1 page. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted March 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 115 KB PDF


Jacquard Designing, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, March 1918, 2 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted March 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 271 KB PDF


Jacquard Harness Mounting, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1911, 2 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted February 19, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 208 KB PDF


Jacquard Mounting, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1911, 1 page. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted February 19, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 127 KB PDF


Jacquard Terry Pile Fabrics, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1912, 5 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted December 17, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 476 KB PDF


Novelties in Jacquard Designs, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, March 1918, 1 page. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted March 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 97 KB PDF


Points on Jacquard Designing, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1912, 2 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted December 17, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 420 KB PDF


Points on Jacquard Designing, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1911, 4 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted February 19, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 467 KB PDF


Points on Jacquard Designing, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1915, 2 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted February 20, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 204 KB PDF


Points on Jacquard Designing, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1916, 2 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted February 17, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 142 KB PDF


Points on Jacquard Designing, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, May 1917, 2 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted March 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 215 KB PDF


Points on Jacquard Designing, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, October 1917, 2 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted March 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 300 KB PDF


Points on Jacquard Designing, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, January 1919, 2 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted April 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 437 KB PDF


Points on Jacquard Designing, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, February 1919, 2 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted April 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 814 KB PDF


Practical Points on the Tying of Jacquard Harnesses, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1911, 2 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted February 29, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 169 KB PDF


Spotting with Extra filling or Warp for Harness and Jacquard, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1911, 5 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted February 20, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF


Spotting with Extra Filling or Warp for Harness and Jacquard Work, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1911, 6 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted February 29, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 979 KB PDF


Tying Up of the Jacquard Harness, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1911, 2 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted February 29, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 154 KB PDF


Tying-up a Jacquard Harness, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1911, 3 pages. Note: Mixed digital photography and scanning. Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted November 8, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.6 MB PDF


Jacquard Designing, Lesson 1, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1907, 5 pages. Posted February 5, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 904 KB PDF


Jacquard Designing,Lesson 2, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1907, 4 pages. Posted February 17, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.1 MB PDF


Jacquard Designing,Lesson 3, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1907, 3 pages. Posted February 18, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF


Textile Mercury

A Prayer Book Woven in Silk, ---. Textile Mercury , Vol. 4 (1891), 2 pages. Note: Digital photography. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.99 MB PDF


Double Lift Jacquard, ---. Textile Mercury, 1889, 1 page. Note: digital photograph. Posted June 19, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 236 KB PDF


Improved Jacquard Card Repeating Machine and Peg and Lace Hole Cutting Machine, ---. Textile Mercury, 1889, 3 pages. Note: digital photograph. Posted June 19, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.4 MB PDF


Jacquard Card Repeating Machine Table, ---. Textile Mercury, 1889, 1 page. Note: digital photograph. Posted June 19, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.5 MB PDF


The Jacquard, ---. Textile Mercury, 1889, 2 pages. Note: digital photograph. Posted June 19, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 616 KB PDF


Textile World Record

Novel Piano Card Stamping Machine, ---. Textile World Record, Vol. 26, No. 2 (November 1903), 3 pages. Posted August 14, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 608 KB PDF


Zell's Encyclopedia

Jacquard Loom, ---. Zell's Encyclopedia, 1876, 1 page. Posted January 9, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 496 KB PDF


books

Bell, T. Jacquard Weaving and Designing, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895, 335 pages. Note: Part 4 is a catalog of the publisher's books. Posted June 19, 2000. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 5.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 5.5 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 5.9 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 2.1 MB PDF.


Bradbury, Fred. Jacquard Mechanism and Harness Mounting, F. King & Sons, Ltd., 1912, 355 pages. Posted May 2, 2000. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.1 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 4.5 MB PDF.


Donat, Franz. Technologie, Bindungslehre, Dekomposition und Kalkulation der Jacquard-Weberei [Technology, weave structure, decomposition and calculations for jacquard weaving], Wien: Hartelben's, 1912, 170 pages. Posted May 8, 2002. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 10.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.1 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 6.3 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 6.2 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 5.7 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 6.6 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 9.9 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 9.3 MB PDF. Part 9: File size 6.7 MB PDF. Part 10: File size 7.5 MB PDF.


Donat, Franz. Technologie der Jacquard-Weberei [Technology of Jacquard weaving], Hartleben's, 1902, 132 pages. Posted August 22, 2000. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 6.7 MB PDF


Gruner, Anton. Theorie der Schaft- und Jacquard-Gewebe [Theory of shaft and jacquard weaving], Hartleben's, 1902, 149 pages. Posted August 11, 2001. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 6.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.4 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9 MB PDF.


Humpheries, Sydney. Oriental Carpets, Runners and Rugs and Some Jacquard Reproductions, Adam and Charles Black, 1910, 507 pages. Posted February 14, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 11.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.1 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.7 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 11.3 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 8.8 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 7.8 MB PDF.


Kinzer. Heinrich. Technologie de Handweberei, II Teil: Die Jacquardweberei [The Technology of Handweaving], Karl Graeser, 1900, 119 pages. Posted August 4, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 7.5 MB PDF


Kraus, Franz. Der Webmeister für mechanische Weberei, III Teil: Die Schaft- und Jacquardmaschinen, Franz Deuticke, 1926, 112 pages. Posted August 7, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 8 MB PDF


Oelsner, Hermann. VIII. Abschnitt der Deutschen Webschule: Theoretisch-praktisches Handbuch ... die Lehre des Musterzeichnens für Jacquard, Anton Send, 1868, 61 pages. Note: Plates 9 and 10 missing. Posted January 24, 2005. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 6.7 MB PDF


Posselt, E. A. The Jacquard Machine, E. A. Posselt, 1888, 129 pages. Posted March 29, 2001. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 6.0 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.7 MB PDF.


Woodhouse, Thomas. Jacquards and Harnesses: Card-Cutting, Lacing and Repeating Mechanism, Macmillan, 1923, 477 pages. Posted January 12, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 10.2 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.8 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.2 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 8.2 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 9 MB PDF.


ephemera

Textile-related businesses

Firma Hermann Pichler, Leinen-Jacquard und Damast Weberei. Billhead, 1911, 2 pages. Posted October 8, 2002. File size 72 K B PDF


illustrations

---. [Illustrations of Jacquard-Equipped Looms], December 26, 2002, 19 pages. Note: Updated January 4, 2005. Posted January 4, 2005. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.3 MB PDF


---. [Likenesses of Joseph Marie Jacquard], 4 pages. Posted December 24, 2002. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.8 MB PDF


monographs

---. Correspondence Relating to the Invention of the Jacquard Brussels Carpet Power Loom, Alfred Mudge & Son, 1868, 10 pages. Note: Scanned from microfilm. Posted April 17, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2 MB PDF


I.C.S. Staff. Jacquards, International Textbook Co., 1905, 127 pages. Posted February 26, 2001. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 6.7 MB PDF


Swan, Herbert S. The Jacquard Industry, Industrial Commission; City of Paterson, New Jersey, 1938, 91 pages. Note: Copy expired. Posted November 23, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 12.4 MB PDF


patents

Jacquard apparatus

Double-Lift Jacquard Mechanism, US04416310, Sage, Paul. November 22, 1983, 16 pages. Posted March 2, 2003. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF


Double-Lift, Open-Shed Jacquard Loom, US03455339, Seiler, W.. July 15, 1969, 3 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 224 KB PDF


Jacquard Apparatus, US00551510, Richardson, R. C.. December 17, 1895, 10 pages. Posted June 27, 2003. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF


Jacquard Apparatus for Looms, US00767942, Hodgson, W. W.. August 16, 1904, 3 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 196 KB PDF


Jacquard Card Punching Machine, US01732982, Neville, G. W.. October 3, 1927, 1 page. Posted March 5, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 56 KB PDF


Jacquard Connection for Weaving Mechanisms, US01076523, Scott, W. R.. October 21, 1913, 11 pages. Posted January 22, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.3 MB PDF


Jacquard Loom Cylinder, US01773305, Fisher, C. A.. August 19, 1930, 5 pages. Posted October 30, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF


Jacquard Machine, US01332122, Glatzel, F.. February 24, 1920, 4 pages. Posted October 30, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 676 KB PDF


Jacquard Machine, US03865148, Wolfgang, Brenner, et al. February 11, 1975, 7 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 400 KB PDF


Jacquard Machine Equipped with Lifting Wires and Stationary Arresting Blades , US04041987, Bucher, Robert. March 16, 1976 , 7 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 328 KB PDF


Jacquard Machine with an Open Shed Carrying Hook Needles, Providing a Double Positive Action, US03289707, Wittendal, V.. March 30, 1964, 6 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 372 KB PDF


Jacquard Machines, US03117599, Strach, L.. June 22, 1960, 4 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 332 KB PDF


Jacquard Mechanism, US01944815, Schuler, A. F.. July 29, 1932, 10 pages. Posted February 9, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF


Jacquard Mechanism, US04566499, Kitagaw , Hiroshi, et al. January 28, 1986, 14 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 544 KB PDF


Jacquard Mechanism for Looms, US00500852, Charcot, F.. July 4, 1893, 5 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 460 KB PDF


Jacquard Motion for Loom, US00005937, Kelly. H.. November 28, 1848, 3 pages. Posted January 2, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 564 KB PDF


Jacquard Reversing Mechanism for Looms , US03941161, Neyraud, Rene. March 2, 1976, 14 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 828 KB PDF


Jacquard-Harness of a Weaving Machine , US04057084, Mueller, Otto. November 8, 1977, 11 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 412 KB PDF


Loom for Weaving Figured Fabrics, US00007861., Thomas, S. T. and E. Everett. December 24, 1850, 6 pages. Posted January 2, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 808 KB PDF


Loom Jacquards of the Double-Lift Type, US03835895, Bassi, Dario. September 17, 1974, 8 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 452 KB PDF


Machine for Copying Patterns for Jacquard Cards, US00696708, Bolton, J. T.. April 1, 1902, 5 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 352 KB PDF


Machine for the Preparation of Cards for Jacquards, US02552942, Dalle, O. H. M. J.. May 15, 1951, 11 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 992 KB PDF


Machines for the Preparation of Cards for Jacquards, US03090550, Servillat, G.. May 31, 1962, 7 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 656 KB PDF


Mechanism for Jacquard Looms, US01773528, Fisher, C. A., et al. August 19, 1930, 6 pages. Posted October 30, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 932 KB PDF


Punching Machine for Cards or Paper Bands to be Used for the Control of Jacquards, Dobbies and the Like , US03944134, Frappe, Pierre. March 16, 1976 , 12 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 520 KB PDF


Reversible Jacquard Loom and Reversing Mechanism Therefor, US03732895, Keim, Walter. May 15, 1973, 9 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 520 KB PDF


Spring Connection Device and Assembly in a Jacquard Harness , US06302154, Bassi, Dario and Patrick Vessella. October 16, 2001 , 17 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 656 KB PDF


Three-Position-Jacquard Machine, US06581646, Dewispelaere, Andre. June 24, 2003, 21 pages. Posted March 6, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF


Fabrics

Mechanism for Jacquard Looms, US01775144, Sherman, H. F.. September 9, 1930, 6 pages. Posted October 30, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 896 KB PDF


documents created for online publication

Demoule, Philippe. A Museum Treasure, 4 pages. Posted March 1, 2003. FIRST PAGE. File size 524 KB PDF


Fletcher, Garth. Some Introductory Notes Concerning Jacquard Technology, 13 pages. Note: By permission of the author. Posted January 18, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 1.6 MB PDF


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