Paulmerie, 1.er Plan d'un Jeu de Paulme quarré et Salle de Billard
Date1771
Publisher
Denis Diderot
(1713-1784)
Publisher
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
(1717 - 1783)
Engraver
Robert Bénard
(1734 - 1777)
OriginEurope, France, Paris
MediumEtching and engraving
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1973-273,6
DescriptionUpper right corner: "Pl. 6."Lower margin reads: "Benard direxit. / Paulmerie, 1.er Plan d'un Jeu de Paulme quarré et Salle de Billard./ 27"
Label TextA plate from Denis Diderot's "Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers" on the construction of racquets for jeu de paume, which is the precursor to modern lawn tennis, however it's played in a court or billiards found in "Recueil de Planches, vol. VIII." This plate a floor plan for the first floor of a building containing a tennis court and a billiards room (represented by K, the billiards table by L).