Papetterie, Formaire
Date1767
Engraver
Robert Bénard
(1734 - 1777)
After work by
Louis-Jacques Goussier
(1722 - 1799)
Publisher
Denis Diderot
(1713-1784)
Publisher
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
(1717 - 1783)
OriginEurope, France, Paris
MediumBlack and white line engraving
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/4 × 10in. (38.7 × 25.4cm)
Other (Plate): 14 1/4 × 9in. (36.2 × 22.9cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1966-219,11
DescriptionUpper right corner: "Pl. IX." Lower margin readss: "Goussier del./ Benard fecit./ Papetterie, Formaire."
Label TextA plate from Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers" on papermaking found in "Recueil de Planches, vol. V." The upper part of the plate shows the shop in which the molds are made for the paper. The bottom shows the actual drawings of some of these molds and other instruments necessary to the process.
MarkingsPl. IX.
