Metier a faire des bas

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/422f05e732baaff37419793b416a9591

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. Multiple copies.
Metier a faire des Bas [Stocking frame]. Rojau del. Benard Fecit. Planche IV. 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. Copy A. Also very similar to 0000.207.47 except for one or two small implements in upper left corner. 49.5 x 42 cm.

Subject

Stocking frame
Knitting machines
Knitting
Diderot, Denis 1713-1784

Source

Digital Commonwealth

Relation

https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/t722hs161/thumbnail

Type

image

References

https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/t722hs161

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 October 1, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/7966.

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