Originally Posted by lollygagging
Originally Posted by QuiltE
It's an old chenille bedspread. My Mom had one similar (different pattern) but the same cotton backing with chenille strips set apart. Same colours even.
My guesstimate would be 1939 vintage, as that's the year they were married and I suspect it was part of her original trousseau or gifts.
I still have it ... and it's been washed many times and still looks lovely. Though now it only gets TLC
I agree. I had one as a child (not the same design but the same chenille). I was born 1944. I also remember having a bath robe made of this wide spaced chenille. Its a treasure, to be sure!
Yes! I remember Mom having a bath robe made with the same chenille. We also had a bath mat in chenille .... and lots of bedspreads.
Great link provided earlier in this thread about the history of chenille and how it got started.
Then as time went on, the concept of chenille changed with closer rows, looking more continuous and less of the muslin/cotton showing thru. And too, as time went along, the tufting of the chenille got shorter.