Brodeur, Contenant Deux Planches

Date1763

Publisher Denis Diderot (1713-1784)

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

MediumLetterpress on laid paper

Credit LineAnonymous gift

Object number1971-1934,3

DescriptionTitle reads: "BRODEUR, / CONTENANT DEUX PLANCHES."

Label TextA text page describing the contents of two line engravings (G1971-1934,1&2) that illustrate embroidery tools and techniques. The text page describes the scenes in plate I , Fig. 1 & 2, in French: "La vignette represente un attelier de brodeur" and it identifies the tools and patterns illustrated in plate I, Fig. 3-16. The text page also describes the embroidery equipment in plate II, Fig. 1-11. Figure I is identified as "Le tambour".