Courtesy of Gambell and Hunter Sailmakers, an individual partner
Description
Amos Perkins Lord, a Camden sailmaker, made this sail about 1930. Lord was a sailmaker for more than 75 years.
Until the early 1900s, all heavy sails were stitched by hand. Gradually the process has become mechanized, but even today some sailmakers still stitch sails by hand.
This sail is an example of the two rows of stitching that are typical of hand-sewn sails.
About This Item
- Title: Fragment of a hand-made canvas sail, ca. 1930
- Creator: Amos Perkins Lord
- Creation Date: circa 1930
- Subject Date: circa 1930
- Location: Camden, Knox County, ME
- Media: Canvas
- Object Type: Physical Object
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- Lord, Amos P.--Associated objects
- Masts and rigging
- Sails
- Sails--Maintenance and repair
- Sewing
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