Courtesy of Gambell and Hunter Sailmakers, an individual partner
Description
Up until the 1900s, all heavy sails were sewn by hand. The selvage ends of canvas are overlapped and stitched together with two rows of flat stitching.
Sitting at a bench, using the seaming palm and the bench hook, a sailmaker could expect to stitch 100 yards of a single row of stitching in a ten-hour day.
This canvas was sewn by Grant Gambell, a sailmaker in Camden, and demonstrates the typical seams seen on a hand-sewn canvas.
About This Item
- Title: Hand-made canvas sail seam sample, 2003
- Creator: Grant Gambell
- Creation Date: 2003
- Subject Date: 2003
- Location: Camden, Knox County, ME
- Media: Cotton
- Object Type: Physical Object
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- Masts and rigging
- Sail cloth
- Sails--Maintenance and repair
- Seams
- Sewing
- Ships--Maintenance and repair
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