I had to drop a planning application into the Mairie at Aigues-Vives, so whilst we were in the area Susie and I visited the Musée des Textiles in nearby Lavelanet. Once a major industry in the town employing over 3500 people, it is now all gone.
Interesting to see a variety of machine looms including jacquard looms and many machines for carding, spinning, warping and finishing fabric.
Part of the museum also explains another now lost local industry that made bone combs....now of course replaced by plastic!
Jacquard loom
Inside the jacquard loom
Machine loom
Various carding machines turning fleece not a thing continuous rolag ready to be spun.
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