Papetterie, Cuve à Ourver.

Date1767

Engraver Robert Bénard (1734 - 1777)

After work by Louis-Jacques Goussier (1722 - 1799)

Publisher Denis Diderot (1713-1784)

Publisher Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717 - 1783)

OriginEurope, France, Paris

MediumBlack and white line engraving

DimensionsOverall: 15 1/4 × 10in. (38.7 × 25.4cm) Other (Plate): 14 1/4 × 9in. (36.2 × 22.9cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1966-219,12

DescriptionUpper right corner reads: "Pl. X."
Lower margin reads: "Goussier del./ Benard fecit/ Papetterie, Cuve à Ouvrer."
Label TextA plate from Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers" on papermaking found in "Recueil de Planches, vol. V." The upper part of the plate shows the rooms where the sheets of paper are actually dipped from the vats onto the molds. When dipped into the mold, is slipped along a plank to the coucher. Here the mold is flipped over onto a piece of felt, and this is then covered with another piece of felt. This is built into stacks of paper. The bottom shows in detail some of the machinery used in this.