Statue of Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834), the French inventor of the jacquard loom (1801), the first automatic loom able to weave complex patterns,

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Statue of Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834), the French inventor of the jacquard loom (1801), the first automatic loom able to weave complex patterns, who was native of Lyons. The silk industry was very important in France until synthetic materials and Chinese silk became so much cheaper.

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Size: 2715px × 5044px
Location: Lyon, France
Photo credit: © Grazyna Bonati / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: alpes, europe, france, industry., inventer, jacquard, jacquard., joseph, loom, lyon, marie, rhone, silk, statue