Papetterie, Etendage
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. (14 1/4 × 9in.)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1966-219,14
DescriptionUpper right corner reads: "Pl. XII."Lower margin reads: "Goussier del./ Benard fecit./ Papetterie, Etendage."
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." After the sizing the paper is dried sheet by sheet. Here are the rooms used for this and the people actually at the task of hanging. Below is some of the equipment necessary for this.
