Teinturier de Riviere, Attelier et differentes Operations pour la Teinture des Soies

Teinturier de Riviere, Attelier et differentes Operations pour la Teinture des Soies

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Title:
Teinturier de Riviere, Attelier et differentes Operations pour la Teinture des Soies
Description:
Teinturier de Riviere, Attelier et differentes Operations pour la Teinture des Soies [River dyer, workshop and operations for the dyeing of silks]. Radel Del. Benard Fecit. Pl. I. Engraving, [ca1800?]. Image depicts silk dyer's workshop, with copper washtubs at left; dye vats equipped with running hot water at right; two men at left winding hanks of silk to dry; man at right stirs dye in vat. From an edition of Diderot's "Encyclopedie Ou Dictionnaire Raisonne Des Sciences, Des Arts Et Des Metiers," first published in volumes between 1751 and 1772. Copy B. See 0000.205.1 for a hand colored copy of this engraving. 50 x 38.5 cm.
Delineator:
Radel
Artist:
Fecit, Benard
Date:
[1800?]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Engravings
Location:
American Textile History Museum
Collection (local):
Osborne Library
Subjects:
Dyes and dyeing
Extent:
overall: horizontal 50 cm x vertical 38.5 cm x depth x diameter
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Notes:
Multiple copies. TT 48.
Notes (ownership):
The American Textile History Museum closed in 2016. This item has been transferred to the Kheel Center at Cornell University Library.
Notes (object):
Condition: Good
Accession #:
0000.2316.1