Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
1957.024.031 |
Object Name |
Doily |
Title |
Table Mat (Squarish Doily) |
Lexicon category |
2: Building Furnishings |
Year Range from |
1860 |
Year Range to |
1918 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Sydenham Township (formerly), Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
Description |
One square white cotton doily made up of eight-armed "flowers" that intersect with every other flower next to it. Each side is fringed. |
Provenance |
Unknown maker and provenance. Last owned by Helen Carrie (née Reid), of Grey County. She and her husband, Gideon Carrie, farmed in Sydenham Township, Grey County in the 19th-century. Helen Reid was born on September 26, 1839 and died on March 18, 1918. Gideon was 42 years old in the 1871 census of Sydenham Township, Grey County. Agnes Smith (née McQuaker) inherited a number of items from her grandmother, Helen Carrie, and brought this item to the museum. Agnes Smith was a daughter of John McQuaker and a Ms. Carrie. |
Collection |
Textiles, Household Linens Collection |
Material |
Cotton |
Dimensions |
W-56 L-56 cm |
Found |
Sydenham Township (formerly), Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
People |
Carrie, Gideon |