Jacquard Weaving was born to need to speed up the production of very elaborate figurative textiles (fabrics made) , which require more hands than the weaver was resorted to aide assigned to pull the harnesses. Joseph-Marie Jacquard in 1801, patented the frame of the same name, greatly reducing the number of workers required for the manufacture of textiles, thanks to the strip of perforated paper for the operation of lifting the wires. Each
warp passes in a warp knit, warp knit each is connected through a cord to a cylindrical counterweight smallest of holes in the cardboard. When the holes in the cardboard drop the counter, because they find free place, the mesh of heddles connected with them make up the warp threads that go into their hole. This creates un'aperturadi raised hand with only the wires needed to carry out the design. The weaver inserts the weft and beating the comb, taking every measure to the advances of a cardboard box, and balances are different open holes, where they fall, raising other threads that gradually allow the execution of the design.
Saturday, 5/11/2008 we tried to investigate this knowledge, thanks to the ever generous technical explanations of Joseph Parolo.
We visited his laboratory, and admired the old Jacquard loom (his pride) still in operation.
His beloved wife, Marisa, has delighted us with refreshments to local specialties such as stuffed olives, we sincerely thank.