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DOS2005-PC-215
Economie Rustique, Coton
DOS2005-PC-215

Economie Rustique, Coton

Date1762
Publisher 1713-1784
Publisher 1717 - 1783
OriginEurope, France, Paris
MediumEtching with line engraving
DimensionsOverall: 16 1/2 × 10 1/4in. (41.9 × 26cm)
Other (Plate): 14 × 8 3/4in. (35.6 × 22.2cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1966-218,5
DescriptionUpper right corner reads: "Pl. IV./ 38/ Economie Rustique, Coton."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." This plate on the production of cotton includes a vignette of a weaver at his loom. Below the loom itself is presented a side view.

See 1966-218, 1-5ProvenanceBefore 1966, Thure Krarup (Glen Falls, New York); 1966-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).