L'art du menuisier
L'art du menuisier is a French treatise on joinery and carpentry by André Jacob Roubo, published in Paris in 1769 under the Académie Royale des Sciences, written for working joiners and craftsmen. Its plates are precise engraved plan and elevation drawings of curved and angled woodwork, with construction lines, sectional views and labelled reference letters. A designer could take from them the geometry of skewed joints, arches and stair-like curves, drawn as clean layered outlines.
