Drafting Triangle

Dateca. 1899

Mediumwood

Dimensions10 × 5 1/2 × 1/4 in. (25.4 × 14 × 0.6 cm)

ClassificationsTools, Implements & Weights

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Sarah Louise Cook via the Albuquerque Historical Society

Object numberPC1967.1.383.A

DescriptionThis wooden drafting triangle has a hole punched close to the right-angled corner. This drafting tool helped guide precise measurement for creators of technical drawings and blueprints and draftsmen used triangles in combination with T-squares to draw vertical and diagonal lines.. These tools were indispensable for technical drawings before the advent of digital tools, underscoring their importance in fields such as architecture, cartography, and engineering.

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