Image Map - About this Site. Communication Page. Calendar of Events. Young Scholars Page. About the Author. Lost Art Techniques. Lost Artists. Lost Art. Lost Art: Lost Artists/ The Discovery of Lost Works of Art.

Jacquard Loom.
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

The influence of weaving on the invention of the computer

One of the best-kept secrets of the visual arts is the relationship of the jacquard loom and the computer. It is a recorded fact that the origins of the computer age involved a processing technique that adapted the idea of the jacquard loom processing technique. How many computer users actually know that weaving inspired the personal computer they use everyday?

Next --->

Lost Art | Lost Artists | Lost Art Techniques | About this Site | About the Author
Communication Page | Calendar of Events | Young Scholar's Page

Copyright 2002 © Cynthia Kukla
Content designed and created by Cynthia Kukla
Web Design & Layout by Faculty Technology Support Services