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- noun A
portative organ .
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Note 27: Philippe Macquer, Dictionnaire portatif des arts et métiers, s.v. "Émailleur." back
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Antoine-Joseph Pernety, "De la Peinture Encaustique," in Dictionnaire portatif de peinture, sculpture et gravure; avec un traité practique des différentes manieres de peindre (Paris, 1757), 296 – 7.
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Philippe Macquer, "Encaustique," in Dictionnaire portatif des arts et métiers (Paris, 1766).
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Dictionnaire portatif des arts et métiers: contenant en abrégé l'histoire, la description and la police des arts et métiers, des fabriques et manufactures de France and des pays étrangers. 2 vols.
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Note 18: Pierre Pomet, Histoire generale des drogues (Paris, 1694); Philippe Macquer, Dictionnaire portatif des arts et métiers: contenant en abrégé l'histoire, la description and la police des arts et métiers, des fabriques et manufactures de France and des pays étrangers (Paris, 1766) s.v. "Carmine"; Jacques-Christophe Valmont de Bomare, Dictionnaire raisonnée universel d'histoire naturelle (Paris, 1775). back
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Dictionnaire portatif de peinture, sculpture et gravure; avec un traité practique des différentes manieres de peindre.
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Antoine-Joseph Pernety, Dictionnaire portatif de peinture (Paris, 1757), 108.
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Even the inventor's brother neglected to include it in his Dictionnaire portatif des arts et métiers (1766) .20 Yet other sources tell us that Prussian blue was used and remained a continued subject of experiment with textile colors throughout the latter part of the eighteenth century. reference reference
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The music is lovely and ethereal, played by a chamber consort that prominently includes a portatif, a small reedy-sounding organ, and percussion.
Archive 2006-11-01 Will 2006
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The music is lovely and ethereal, played by a chamber consort that prominently includes a portatif, a small reedy-sounding organ, and percussion.
DesignerBlog Will 2006
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