Economie Rustique, Coton
Date1762
Publisher
Denis Diderot
(1713-1784)
Publisher
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
(1717 - 1783)
OriginEurope, France, Paris
MediumEtching with line engraving
DimensionsOverall: 16 1/2 × 10 1/4in. (41.9 × 26cm)
Other: 14 × 8 3/4in. (35.6 × 22.2cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1966-218,4
DescriptionUpper right corner reads: "Pl. III."Lower margin reads: "Economie Rustique, Coton./ 37"
Label TextA plate from Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers" on cotton found in "Recueil de Planches, vol. I." This plate on the production of cotton depicts the spinning of the cotton in two stages. First the reeling of the coarse thread and then the actual spinning on the wheel.
See 1966-218, 1-5
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