Tapisserie de Haute-Lisse des Gobelins [Tapestry Making at Gobelins]. Engravings from Denis Diderot and Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert: Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers.
Paris: Chez Briasson, David & Le Breton, 1762-1767. 39.5 x 25.5 cm. 13 plates, some double and triple page, numbered I-XIII and one sheet of letterpress description. On the high-warp loom, the warps run vertically between two rollers, with the bottom one receiving the finished tapestry. For use on these..... More