Perruquier-Barbier, Tresses.
Date1771
Engraver
Robert Bénard
(1734 - 1777)
Publisher
Denis Diderot
(1713-1784)
Publisher
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
(1717 - 1783)
OriginEurope, France, Paris
MediumBlack and white line engraving
DimensionsOverall: 11 × 8 5/8in. (27.9 × 21.9cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1954-465
DescriptionUpper right corner reads: "Pl. 3"Lower margin reads: "Bernard direxit./ Perruquier-Barbier, Tresses. /33"
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. llustrations of various implements used by wigmaker; hetchels, wig curlers, locks of hair, etc.
One of 14 plates 1954-463 to 1954-476.
