Papetterie, Dérompoir
Date1767
Maker
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
(1717 - 1783)
Maker
Denis Diderot
(1713-1784)
Artist/Maker
Robert Bénard
(1734 - 1777)
Artist/Maker
Louis-Jacques Goussier
(1722 - 1799)
OriginEurope, France, Paris
MediumEtching with line engraving
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/4 × 10in. (38.7 × 25.4cm)
Other (Plate): 14 × 9in. (35.6 × 22.9cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1966-219,5
DescriptionUpper margin reads: "Pl. III." Lower margin reads: "Goussier del./ Benard fecit/ Papetterie, Dérompoir."
Label TextA plate from Denis Diderot's "Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers" on papermaking. In the upper part of the print the cutting manually of the rancid rags is shown being done by small boys. They do this with a scythe-blade in bins. This is actually done before it goes into the stamping mill, shown on the bottom of 1966-219, 4. The bottom of this print shows another angle of the stamping mill.
