Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name)
5. equipment
6. [equipment by material processed]
7. textile working equipment
8. [textile fabricating tools and equipment]
9. looms (textile tools)

Anotations

Scope note:

Devices incorporated in special looms to control individual warp yarns via a system of punched cards. This invention, by Joseph Marie Jacquard, and first demonstrated in 1801, enabled looms to produce fabrics with complex patterns and images such as tapestry, brocade, damask, and matelasse.