Brodeur (Embroiderer), Section 18, Plate 1, Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (Encyclopedia, or Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Trades), vol.19
date: label: Date
content: 1763
name: label: Engraver
content: Benoît-Louis Prévost, French, 1735–1804
label: Editor
content: Denis Diderot, French, 1713–1784
label: Editor
content: Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French, 1717–1783
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Drawing divided into two registers. In top register, a scene of two women weaving fabric in a room. On the left, a woman weaves at a loom and looks out at the viewer. The woman on the right sits at a table looking at fabric patterns. In the bottom register, depictions of tools and embroidery patterns labeled with figure numbers.
place: label: made in
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1949-152-188
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 35.1 × 22.6 cm (13 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.)