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BEDSPREAD

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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
DUVET COVER
Date Range From
1950
Date Range To
1960
Materials
SATIN, COTTON
Catalogue Number
P19970041736
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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
DUVET COVER
Date Range From
1950
Date Range To
1960
Materials
SATIN, COTTON
No. Pieces
1
Height
0.2
Length
160
Width
116
Description
RECTANGULAR BEDSPREAD HAS PEACH COLOURED SATIN TOP LAYER WITH PEACH COLOURED COTTON FABRIC BACKING. SATIN TOP LAYER HAS RED ROSE WITH GREEN FOLIAGE PATTERN DESIGNS. STITCHING ALONG EDGES IS LOOSE IN SEVERAL PLACES. ONE CORNER HAS CIRCULAR GREY LEATHER PATCH.
Subjects
BEDDING
Historical Association
DOMESTIC
History
DONOR RELATES THAT THIS BEDSPREAD WAS USED WITH A QUILT THAT WAS UPON HER MOTHER'S BED IN COALDALE. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
Catalogue Number
P19970041736
Acquisition Date
1997-01
Collection
Museum
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