Economie Rustique, Culture et Arsonnage du Coton
Date1763
Publisher
Denis Diderot
1713-1784
Engraver
Antonio Baratti
Publisher
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
1717 - 1783
OriginEurope, France, Paris
MediumEtching with line engraving
DimensionsOverall: 16 1/4 × 10 1/2in. (41.3 × 26.7cm)
Other: 14 × 8 3/4in. (35.6 × 22.2cm)
Other: 14 × 8 3/4in. (35.6 × 22.2cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1966-218,1
DescriptionLower margin reads: "Antonio Baratti s./ Economie Rustique, Culture et Arsonnage du Coton./ 34"Label TextA plate from Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers" on cotton found in "Recueil de Planches, vol. I." The top most plate picture represents a cotton plantation with enslaved workers growing, harvesting and processing cotton. A picker, sorter, bagger, and spinner are shown. In the second picture the dressing of cotton by a bow, a method used Asia. To the very bottom tools used for dressing cotton, and also a botanical drawing of the cotton plant and blossoms.ProvenanceBefore 1966, Thure Krarup (Glen Falls, New York); 1966-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
