February 2013
Intermediate to advanced
248 pages
6h 31m
English
This chapter introduces the history of jacquard, including a discussion of the features of jacquard textiles and the evolution of jacquard fabric design. Chinese brocade and Western tapestry, two representative traditional (pre-digitisation) design methods for figured colourful woven fabrics, are presented and analysed in depth, in order to illustrate the difference in design principles and methods between the design of traditional jacquard fabric and more contemporary digital jacquard fabric.
Key words
digital
jacquard
woven
fabric
layered-combination
Chinese brocade
tapestry
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