Papetterie, Etendage
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. (14 1/4 × 9in.)
Other (Plate): 14 1/4 × 9in. (14 1/4 × 9in.)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1966-219,14
DescriptionUpper right corner reads: "Pl. XII."Lower margin reads: "Goussier del./ Benard fecit./ Papetterie, Etendage."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." After the sizing the paper is dried sheet by sheet. Here are the rooms used for this and the people actually at the task of hanging. Below is some of the equipment necessary for this.ProvenanceBefore 1966, Thure Krarup (Glen Falls, New York); 1966-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
