Couturiere
Date1777
Publisher
Charles-Joseph Panckoucke
1736 - 1798
OriginEurope, France, Paris
MediumEtching with line engraving
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/4 × 9 3/4in. (38.7 × 24.8cm)
Other (Plate): 14 1/4 × 9in. (36.2 × 22.9cm)
Other (Plate): 14 1/4 × 9in. (36.2 × 22.9cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1966-221
DescriptionUpper right corner reads: "Supplement"Lower margin reads: "Couturiere./ 117"Label TextThis plate was published to accompany Charles-Joseph Panckoucke's 1777 supplement to Denis Diderot's monumental "Encyclopédie." The plate showing details of woman's dress, front, back and sides, and how the pattern is cut.ProvenanceBefore 1966, Thure Krarup (Glen Falls, New York); 1966-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
