Title
Sailmaker's workbench
DateCirca 1900
Mediumwood, cloth, steel, yarn
Dimensions17 1/4 × 14 × 54 1/2 in. (43.8 × 35.6 × 138.4 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.2658
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionAn unmarked elongated bench of wood with cloth covered seat, tubular steel support struts, and four sailcloth pouches. The front is fitted with a pad and a finish nial for a thread spool. The bags are twist yearn and sailcloth. A "Kayo" Cracker Jack prize is tacked to the side.Exhibition History"Sitting in New Bedford" (NBWM, May 20, 2011 - January 7, 2013)On View
Not on view
Circa 1880
Cottle, William
19th Century
Circa 1890
19th Century
Smith, Charles F.
