Papetterie, Formaire
Date1767
Engraver
Robert Bénard
1734 - 1777
After work by
Louis-Jacques Goussier
1722 - 1799
Publisher
Denis Diderot
1713-1784
Publisher
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
1717 - 1783
OriginEurope, France, Paris
MediumBlack and white line engraving
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/4 × 10in. (38.7 × 25.4cm)
Other (Plate): 14 1/4 × 9in. (36.2 × 22.9cm)
Other (Plate): 14 1/4 × 9in. (36.2 × 22.9cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1966-219,11
DescriptionUpper right corner: "Pl. IX." Lower margin readss: "Goussier del./ Benard fecit./ Papetterie, Formaire."Label TextA plate from Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers" on papermaking found in "Recueil de Planches, vol. V." The upper part of the plate shows the shop in which the molds are made for the paper. The bottom shows the actual drawings of some of these molds and other instruments necessary to the process.Mark(s)Pl. IX.ProvenanceBefore 1966, Thure Krarup (Glen Falls, New York); 1966-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
