Papetterie, Colage
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
MediumEtching and line engraving
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/4 × 15 1/4 × 10in. (38.7 × 38.7 × 25.4cm)
Other (Plate): 14 × 9in. (35.6 × 22.9cm)
Other (Plate): 14 × 9in. (35.6 × 22.9cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1966-219,13
DescriptionUpper right corner reads: "Pl. XI."Lower margin reads: "Goussier del./ Benard fecit/ Papetterie, Colage."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." This plate shows the sizing of paper with a gelatinous animal glue. This was done from waste scraps of hides bought from tanneries, which were then boiled and filtered. The bottom of the print shows the baskets and tools used in this.ProvenanceBefore 1966, Thure Krarup (Glen Falls, New York); 1966-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
