Originally used for fancy fabrics like brocade and damask, Jacquard quickly became a staple for everything elegant. Today, it's just as at home in modern decor, adding texture and style to ...

v=osCPWMyJOj8&w=470] The Jacquard loom, invented in the early 1800s, used punched cards to manufacture relatively complex textiles such as damask and brocade. These punched cards were eventually ...

Developed by the French silk-weaver, Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752-1834), to control its operation, the loom used a chain of cards punched with holes in a continuous loop. Although punch cards were ...