Cooper Hewitt
Woven portrait
Michel-Marie Carquillat, French, 1803–1884 · mid-19th century
Small piece of silk with two woven pictures: on top, a portrait of Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752-1834) after a portrait by Jean-Claude Bonnefond (1796-1860). Below, a picture of a loom with the Jacquard punch-card mechanism. Woven on a loom equipped with a Jacquard mechanism by Carquillat (died 1884).
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