Dennis Mills 2024 donation coverlet #43

Woven Textile

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Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

Name/Title

Dennis Mills 2024 donation coverlet #43

Entry/Object ID

2024.1.43

Description

Dennis Mills 2024 donation coverlet #43 Transcription notes:Overshot Coverlet c. 1850 Ref. Keep Me Warm One Night Burnhams #240 Quilts and Other Bedcoverings R. McKendry #99 Unidentified weaver Lennox & Addington Co. (or Prince Edward Co.) Matthew Clark family Ernesttown Twsp. “The Beauty of the Lake” pat The attractive overshot coverlet is woven in bands of blue and red weft on a natural white cotton warp. The red weft bands in two widths are placed strategically to create a pleasing visual impact. The two panels are expertly joined at the middle to be nearly invisible. As the Burnhams state in Keep Me Warm One Night, “The Beauty of the Lake” pattern/draft was popular and widespread in Canada. At least two other coverlets in the collection (all collected in Eastern Ontario) use this pattern in different colour variations. Other similar examples have been seen locally. This example has significant historical importance for Lennox and Addington County. It was purchased at auction from the Matthew Clark homestead. Clark was an early Loyalist who also was elected to Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada in 1823. The family remained on the original Ernesttown Twsp. land grand south of Odessa on Clark Road until the auction in c. 2015. Condition: Good – the lower edge has some loss to the original short fringe and centre bottom old repair. Source: Matthew Clark homestead auction (Dave Snider Auctions) south of Odessa (now Loyalist Twsp.) c. 2015 Dimensions: 77” (196 cm) l. x 60” (152.5 cm) w. Matthew Clark was the son of early Loyalist Robert Clark who built the first mill in the area Napanee River 1785.

Use

coverlet

Collection

Dennis Mills Collection

Cataloged By

Rob Childs

Woven Textile Details

Notes

“The Beauty of the Lake” pattern

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Coverlet

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Bedcover

Nomenclature Class

Bedding

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Dimensions

Width

152.5 cm

Length

196 cm

Dimension Notes

measurments as per collector's notes

Color

Blue, Red, White

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Temporary Artifact Storage Room

Date

December 11, 2024

Created By

robchilds1985@gmail.com

Create Date

December 11, 2024

Updated By

robchilds1985@gmail.com

Update Date

December 11, 2024