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 (Plate): 14 × 8 3/4in. (35.6 × 22.2cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1966-218,5
DescriptionUpper right corner reads: "Pl. IV./ 38/ Economie Rustique, Coton."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 includes a vignette of a weaver at his loom. Below the loom itself is presented a side view.
See 1966-218, 1-5
ca. 1760