Jacquard Woven Portraits of American Presidents

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Jacquard Woven Portraits of American Presidents

Unknown

c. 1950

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

This exhibit's location is unknown. Probably in the Arts and Industries Building.

Exhibit of Jacquard woven portraits of American presidents. The Jacquard Loom invented in 1801 by Joseph-Marie Jacquard of France enabled extremely intricate patterns and pictures to be automatically woven into cloth. The portraits are from left to right, top row: President George Washington, President Abraham Lincoln, President Woodrow Wilson and two portraits of President Theodore Roosevelt. The bottom row has three portraits of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and one of President Harry S. Truman.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 18, Folder 3

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Weaving

Exhibitions

Presidents--Biography--Exhibitions

Roosevelt, Franklin D

Portraits

Jacquard, Joseph-Marie

Washington, George

United States

Wilson, Woodrow

Presidents

Truman, Harry S

Lincoln, Abraham

Roosevelt, Theodore

History of Technology

Jacquard knitting machines

Smithsonian Institution

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