1831 · Jacquard Loom · Werk 502 von 1.871

A silk weaver's workshop of 1831, a Jacquard loom with its chain of punched cards cut and hanging loose to the floor, cards scattered across the boards, the harness cords slack, the warp still on the beam, the wooden frame of the loom rising to the ceiling, the card cylinder and needle box at the top of the frame, the floorboards bare, the room in desaturated greys, even flat light from directly overhead.