Metier a faire des bas

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/83786b4278fa9dd41ee9389cea238240

Title

Metier a faire des bas

Date

1800

Description

The American Textile History Museum closed in 2016. This item has been transferred to the Kheel Center at Cornell University Library.
TT 39.
Metier a faire des Bas [Stocking frame]. Rojau del. Benard Fecit. Pl. VI. Engraving, [ca1800?]. Image of some parts of a stocking frame. Probably from some edition of Diderot's "Encyclopedie Ou Dictionnaire Raisonne Des Sciences, Des Arts Et Des Metiers," first published in volumes between 1751 and 1772. Image virtually identical to 0000.207.49 except for the placement of some of the small implements. 51 x 39.5 cm.

Subject

Stocking frame
Knitting machines
Knitting
Diderot, Denis 1713-1784

Source

Digital Commonwealth

Relation

https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2r36vb798/thumbnail

Type

image

References

https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2r36vb798

Date

1800

Source

Digital Commonwealth

Subject

Stocking frame
Knitting machines
Knitting
Diderot, Denis 1713-1784

Citation

“Metier a faire des bas,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed June 8, 2026, http://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/6975.

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