Canvas
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A one-page encyclopedia article on canvas, the stout cloth traditionally used for sails. It covers the likely origin of the name from Latin cannabis, the history of English sailcloth manufacture from 1590, the fibres used (flax, hemp, tow, jute, cotton) and the many uses of canvas. It also describes open-built embroidery or art canvas and artists' canvas, and illustrates plain weave, hopsack and imitation gauze weaves in four small diagrams.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1911
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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