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Title: n/a
Object Name: Plaited straw mattress (in 2 parts)
Maker: Unknown (Primary maker)
Date Made: c.1900s-20s
c.1900s-20s
Place Made: Unknown
Unknown
Description: Straw mattress in two parts and came from a two-storey farmhouse, near Breen, Co. Antrim. It was on a crude wooden bed in a room on the first floor. There were two wooden slats, plain square section bedposts placed end to end. The smaller part of the mattress was at the head end of the bed. The straw mattress was used with a feather mattress on top. The last person to live in the house was a woman who died in the early 1980s aged 90. They are made using the same three plait technique as donkey straddles, straw mats etc. In both parts the plaits run parallel to the longest sides.
Materials: straw
Place Collected
Catalogue Number: HOYFM.231.1985
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