One Partial Drafting Tool Set

late 19th century

ONE PARTIAL DRAFTING TOOL SET (French, late 19th century) in a monogrammed leather case inscribed at center "R.H.H.", for Richard Howland Hunt (1862-1931), and on the bottom right corner "Atelier Daumet." The interior of the case is lined with velvet and fitted for six ivory and pewter architectural tools. Several of these tools are inscribed with the initials R.H.H. Also included in the set are three protractors. The set contains:


.1= solid center design transparent semicircular protractor - H: 3 1/2" L: 5 1/2"

.2= center cut-out design brass semicircular protractor - H: 2 3/8" L: 3 3/4"

.3= solid center design transparent semicircular protractor - H: 2 7/8" L: 3 3/8"

.4= adjustable friction divider - L: 4 1/8" W: 3/4" (R.H.H. monogram)

.5= bow compass / divider - L: 4 1/4" W: 3/4" (no R.H.H. monogram)

.6= leadholder - L: 4 1/4" W: 1/4" (R.H.H. monogram)

.7= leadholder - L: 4 3/4" (R.H.H. monogram)

.8= leadholder - L: 4 13/16" (R.H.H. monogram)

.9= leadholder - L: 4 3/8" (R.H.H. monogram)

.10= leather drafting tool case - L: 7 3/4" W: 4" D: 13/16" (R.H.H. monogram)

Richard Howland Hunt, like his father Richard Morris Hunt, studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he entered the Atelier Daumet.

French

leather

velvet

ivory

pewter

Gift of Mr. Richard Howland Hunt II, 1999.

PSNC.7584.1 - .10