| Occupation title source |
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Vinaigrier |
| Occupation title (english) |
Grapes Presser |
| Hiscode |
61235 |
| Description of Image |
A man and young boy are lugging between them a very large wicker basket filled with pieces of kindling wood. Each wears a soft cap and carries an armload of wood under his free arm. In the background are the bricked arches and walls of a ruined structure overgrown with some trees and bushes.
Kindling and firewood was burned in home fireplaces to cook meals and to provide warmth. (Peat was also used as a household heating and cooking fuel.) Occasionally dried branches from pruned fruit trees was burned at home to produce aromatic smoke used to flavor cured hams which hung high above the hea...
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| Gender |
Male |
| Title of the image |
Pressoir |
| Subtitle |
Oeconomie rustique |
| Translation (English) |
Wine |
| 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 |
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