Name/Title
Dennis Mills 2024 donation coverlet #37Entry/Object ID
2024.1.37Description
Dennis Mills 2024 donation coverlet #37
Transcription notes:
Overshot Coverlet c. 1850
Ref. Keep Me Warm One Night, Burnhams #260, 261, 262
Unidentified weaver
Eastern Ontario – L+A, Frontenac or Leeds Counties
“Monmouth” pattern
The “Monmouth” pattern is seen in several variations in Eastern Ontario in particular. It
must have been a draft well known to many local weavers. This example uses a smaller
table than several, thus creating a strong and pleasing optical impact.
The coverlet is woven with generous amounts of home spun blue wool on a natural
cotton warp. It is well seamed until the bottom centre when an unfortunate mismatch
has occurred when the central tables have become extended through a miscalculation
in the treadling – and then recovered at the bottom. Early coverlets often have a lighter
weight due to the conservation of the valuable wool available. This one however shows
the opposite.
It was probably purchased by previous owner Ruth McKendry in Leeds, Frontenac or
Lennox Addington where she and her husband collected for many years. They lived at
Latimer north of Kingston.
Condition: Very good – excellent. All intact including the blue wool stitched overcast top
and bottom.
Source: Tim Potter Auctions, Napanee. McKendry Auction 14-11-09 $222.50. Ruth
McKendry & husband [illegible] is highly regarded as a writer & textile dealer. Ref. Quilts
and Other Bed Coverings in the Canadian Tradition - coverlet sections.
Dimensions: 83” (211 cm) l. x 63 ½” (161 cm) w.
This example could be by the well-known but unidentified Colebrook, Campden
[illegible] Lennox & Addington weaver.Collection
Dennis Mills CollectionCataloged By
Rob ChildsMade/Created
Artist
unidentified weaverTime Period
C. 1850Place
Region
Eastern Ontario – Lennon & Addington, Frontenac or Leeds CountiesLocation
CanadaNotes
This example could be by the well-known but unidentified Colebrook, Campden
[illegible] Lennox & Addington weaver.Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
CoverletNomenclature Primary Object Term
BedcoverNomenclature Class
BeddingNomenclature Category
Category 02: FurnishingsLocation
Location
* Untyped Location
Temporary Artifact Storage RoomDate
December 4, 2024Created By
robchilds1985@gmail.comCreate Date
December 4, 2024Updated By
robchilds1985@gmail.comUpdate Date
December 4, 2024
