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Object Name |
Blanket |
Catalog Number |
2012.0022.003 |
Date |
1900s |
Description |
All wool piece blanket, blue and white twill patterned checker. Woven on power loom. |
Notes |
Manufactured possibly in the early 1900's, at Benmiller Woolen Mill as a blanket. Later seamed and repaired with a sewing machine to 45" length. Thomas Gledhill, a professional weaver, learned his trade near Leeds in Yorkshire, England. He emigrated to America in 1842, to upper New York State to New Faxe, Niagara Co. working at a woolen mill. Ten years later, he left the USA with his family, to work in Lambton, then Cambellville, finally to Benmiller by 1857. The new woolen mill was built in 1877 where soon Jesse Gledhill became sole proprietor. |
Material |
Wool |
Dimensions |
W-114.3 L-182.88 cm |
Subjects |
Blankets Benmiller Woolen Mill |
Search Terms |
Benmiller Benmiller Woolen Mill |