| Occupation title source |
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Chanvreur |
| Occupation title (english) |
Hemp Preparer |
| Hiscode |
75000 |
| Description of Image |
In the midst of a glazier's shop, a glazier wearing a broad-brimmed hat stands holding a small dish in his left hand and a paint brush in his right, working on glass set into lead frames. He faces the shop wall where a window of paned glass, decorated in the middle with a coat of arms chevron, hangs on the wall. A barrel is under the table to collect any waste glass.
At the left, a second man, wearing eyeglasses, uses a mallet with a round head to tap pieces of glass into place within lead cames or channels. He carefully steadies the metal frame with his left hand. A barrel for scrap glass...
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| Gender |
Male |
| Title of the image |
Culture et Travail du Chanvre II |
| Subtitle |
Oeconomie rustique |
| Translation (English) |
Preparing Hemp |
| Language source |
French |
| Country source |
France |
| Date of creation |
1763-1777 |
| Medium |
Plate |
| Collection name |
Diderot |
| Provenance |
D. Diderot & J. Le Rond d`Alembert eds, Encyclopédie méthodique. Paris 1763-1777 & 1783-87. |
| Product |
2,1 |
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