Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
2017.045.053 |
Object Name |
Pillowcase |
Title |
Colonial Girl Embroidered Pillowcase |
Year Range from |
1910 |
Year Range to |
1940 |
Made |
McKay (née Beattie), Olive |
Place of Origin |
Unknown/Grey County, Ontario |
Description |
One of two matching white pillowcases with an embroidered woman on the front turned to the side in a blue dress and holding light blue, pink and purple flowers. Her hair and face is done in black thread. Her very wide skirt and waist is also decorated in the same colour flowers. |
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 |
Cotton/Embroidery Thread/Dye |
Found |
Derby Township (formerly), Township of Georgian Bluffs, Grey County |
People |
McKay, Olive McKay, Donald Gordon (Doug) McKay-Mills, Donna |
Subjects |
Embroidery Bedrooms Bedtime |
Search Terms |
Jackson Leith (Village and area of) |