Perruquier-Barbier, Barbe et Frisures.
Date1771
Engraver
Robert Bénard
(1734 - 1777)
Publisher
Denis Diderot
(1713-1784)
Publisher
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
(1717 - 1783)
OriginEurope, France, Paris
MediumLine engraving on laid paper
DimensionsOverall: 11 × 8 5/8in. (27.9 × 21.9cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1954-464
DescriptionUpper right reads: "Pl. 2."Lower margin reads: "Benard dirext./ Perruquier-Barbier, Barbe et Frisures."
Label TextA plate from Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers" on wigmaking found in "Recueil de Planches, vol. VIII." Illustrations of various utensils used by barber and wigmaker: razor, razor case, combs, curling irons, scissors, brushes, etc.
