France · Textile programming; Jacquard heritage; Lyon heritage
Pointage du Carton Jacquard
The hand punching of Jacquard cards — the physical medium of the Jacquard loom program, where each hole in a stiff card corresponds to a raised warp thread in the woven fabric. The Jacquard card punch operator (pointeuse) works from the mise en carte program (CRAFT-0981), reading the squared-paper design and punching corresponding holes in a sequence of cards that will control every warp thread movement in the weaving. This is the original binary information system — predating digital computing by 150 years — and the direct ancestor of the punched computer card.
Risk level: Critically Endangered · Not listed
Wallpaper printed by hand from relief-carved wooden blocks, one block for each color and each part of the design, onto paper that has first been brushed with a solid ground color.
The management of Burgundy Pinot Noir through 12–18 months of barrel aging in the 228-litre Burgundy standard barrel — a separate and distinct craft from the vinification (CRAFT-0948).
The restoration of historic tapestries at the Centre de Restauration de Tapisseries de Moulins — one of the few specialist tapestry restoration centers in France.
The drying and grinding of piment d'Espelette — the mild Basque chilli (Capsicum annuum var.
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The making of txakoli — the sharp, slightly sparkling, low-alcohol white wine of the Basque Country — from the Gros Manseng and Petit Manseng grape varieties grown on the steep Atlantic-facing slopes around Irouléguy.
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The cutting and sewing of made-to-measure shirts, trousers and suits in Singapore by family-run shophouse tailors, a trade built by Chinese migrant tailors from the 1880s.