On 2/7/2023 2:10, Sqwertz wrote:
> I needed some baseboards for the bathroom vanity, so I gently
> bounced this 40" x 62" picture frame on opposite corners until it
> broke gradually and gently. I was hearing this weird ripping sound
> just figuring it was some old wood.
>
> Nope! Somebody sewed the picture frame together on all 4 corners
> with brass wire, I thought somebody put a couple modern finishing
> nails in it to make it true/sturdy again, but on closer
> inspection, the nails look handmade as well. And on even closer
> closer inspection, whatever pictures was in here was sewn in with
> a wire thread at least 1/10th the gauge of the sewn frame itself.
> And at an average of about 13 TPI over almost 200 linear inches
> (inside diameter). Frame is 1.5" x 3/4" thick solid wood.
>
> https://postimg.cc/gallery/ZhL6SDb/bab89896
>
> I cannot find any real references to sewing wood, so I'm really
> curious as to what, who, where, when, why?