Hi, here are some pieces of our textile heritage :
In the silk workshop we visited :
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a loom, still in use
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Bobbin threads and a woven table (Jacquard picture)
In our school :
- This is a very old Jacquard loom :
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- This is a punched card for a loom :
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In our city :
Claude Martin, former apprentice to a silk weaver, who then became a soldier, a businessman and indigo farmer in India, and eventually the founder of our school in Lyon :
From silk to indigo
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