Perruquier-Barbier, Tresses.

Date1771

Engraver Robert Bénard 1734 - 1777

Publisher Denis Diderot 1713-1784

Publisher Jean le Rond d'Alembert 1717 - 1783

OriginEurope, France, Paris

MediumBlack and white line engraving

DimensionsOverall: 11 × 8 5/8in. (27.9 × 21.9cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1954-465

DescriptionUpper right corner reads: "Pl. 3"
Lower margin reads: "Bernard direxit./ Perruquier-Barbier, Tresses. /33"Label TextA plate from Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers" on wigmaking found in "Recueil de Planches, vol. VIII. llustrations of various implements used by wigmaker; hetchels, wig curlers, locks of hair, etc.

One of 14 plates 1954-463 to 1954-476.ProvenanceBefore 1954, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1954-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).