Cardboard punch cards for the Jacquard looms & warping mills
A rainbow of silk
The looms with Jacquard mechanism on top
A loom setup for weaving (the top layers are the background warp, the bobbins underneath are the supplementary warp for the velvet pile) – it can take 6 months to get the loom dressed!
The warp up close
Supplementary warp bobbins
Velvet on the loom
Samples of handwoven velvet
Up close to soprarizzo velvet – note the 3 levels; the background fabric, the loop pile & the cut pile
