Perruquier, Mesures de grands et petit Corps de Rangs et Tournans de Perruques de differentes formes
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 × 16 1/2in. (27.9 × 41.9cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1954-467
DescriptionUpper right reads: "Pl. 5." Lower margin reads: "Benard direxit./ Perruquier, Mesures de grands et petit Corps de Rangs et Tournans de Perruques de differentes formes./ 34."
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. This print shows fourteen charts showing measurements for different types of perukes.
One of 14 plates 1954-463 to 1954-476.
Ca. 1730