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Paulmerie, 1.er Plan d'un Jeu de Paulme quarré et Salle de Billard
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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).