Ori/i.s I'KoiM.s .i i-jy/H ij-.t Mon.CRK.r ft cecx qi v skri-ehtj I'or.s.fER i.e..^ FjsF.^rx. 



Figure 6. — 1774: Andre Roubo's UArt du menuisier contains detailed plates and descriptions of the most specialized of wood- 

 working planes: those used to cut panel moldings. The conformation of these tools was still distinctly in keeping with the 

 Moxon type and suggests that, at least in Europe, no remarkable change had yet occurred in the shape of planes. (Andre- 

 Jacob Roubo, L'Art du menuisier: Troisieme partie, troisieme section I'art du menuisier ebeniste [Paris, 1774]. 

 Smithsonian photo 497go-D.) 



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