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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Teinturier de Riviere, Attelier et differentes Operations pour la Teinture des Soies
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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 A. See 0000.205.1 for a hand colored copy of this engraving. 54 x 43 cm.