Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2017.045.055 |
Object Name |
Scarf, Bureau |
Title |
Cross-stitched and Floral Dresser Scarf |
Year Range from |
1910 |
Year Range to |
1940 |
Made |
McKay (née Beattie), Olive |
Place of Origin |
Unknown/Grey County, Ontario |
Description |
The shorter of two bureau or furniture scarves with with cross-stitched pink yellow and blue flowers on the short ends and pink and yellow buds in three groups of three along each long side. |
Provenance |
Likely made by Olive McKay (neé Beattie) of Jackson, after she married Donald Gordon (Doug) McKay in 1930. They farmed on his parents' farm located about one mile north of Leith, at Lot 28, Concession A in Sydenham Township, Grey County until 1940, when they moved to Derby Township to another farm (Lot 9, Concession 8, along Highway 21). The item was last kept by their daughter, Donna McKay-Mills of Owen Sound, Grey County. |
Collection |
Household Equipment, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Linen/Embroidery Thread/Thread/Dye |
Found |
Derby Township (formerly), Township of Georgian Bluffs, Grey County |
People |
McKay, Olive McKay-Mills, Donna |
Subjects |
Dressing tables Bedrooms Embroidery |
Search Terms |
Jackson Leith (Village and area of) |