| Title: | Gobelin high warp tapestry |
| Original Title: | Tapisserie de haute-lisse des Gobelins |
| Volume and Page: | Plates vol. 9 (1765) |
| Author: | Unknown |
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| Citation (MLA): | "Gobelin high warp tapestry." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2010. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.616>. Trans. of "Tapisserie de haute-lisse des Gobelins," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 9 (plates). Paris, 1765. |
| Citation (Chicago): | "Gobelin high warp tapestry." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.616 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Tapisserie de haute-lisse des Gobelins," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 9 (plates) (Paris, 1765). |
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Containing Thirteen Plates That Are Equivalent to Fifteen, Because of Two Double Ones.
Plate I: Gobelin High Warp Tapestry, Plan and Perspective of the Manufacture, Looms and Various Operations
Plate II: Gobelin High Warp Tapestry, Geometral Proportions of the Looms
Plate III: Gobelin High Warp Tapestry, Service of the Warping Rack
Plate IV: Gobelin High Warp Tapestry, Service of the Separator
Plate V: Gobelin High Warp Tapestry, Preparing the Looped Strings
Plate VI: Gobelin High Warp Tapestry, Service of the Tenters
Plate VII: Gobelin High Warp Tapestry, View of the Mounted Loom With the New Machine to Make Tightening of the Threads Easier with Two Men Only, Developments of this Machine
Plate VIII: Gobelin High Warp Tapestry, Spinning Wheels for Wool and Silk
Plate IX: Gobelin High Warp Tapestry, Position of the Workman to Start Work
Plate X: Gobelin High Warp Tapestry, Service of the Shuttle
Plate XI: Gobelin High Warp Tapestry, Outline of the Design and Service of the Comb
Plate XII: Gobelin High Warp Tapestry, Service of the Clasp and Needle
