Bedspreads and Coverlets | Bates bedspreads and Bates coverlets

Woven Heritage bedspreads are woven from the highest grade cotton on Jacquard looms, at Maine Heritage Weavers in Lewiston, Maine. The same city where Benjamin Bates began Bates Manufacturing in 1850.

They are produced at Maine Heritage Weavers, which began 5 years ago by former Bates Fabrics employees. Woven on similar Jacqaurd looms as Bates, [tag]matelasse[/tag] Heritage bedspreads and coverlets are available in many colors including linen, sage and quartz. Heritage (also remembered as Heirloom) is a repeat pattern of a circular and leaf design and one of the oldest designs in our matelasse collection.

In addition to bedspreads, coverlets, throws and shams are available. Coverlets feature pom-pom fringe and bedspreads have string fringe. They are machine washable and are woven with fade-resistant dyed yarn.

Because most woven bedspreads are imported, American woven luxury bedding is becoming more and more difficult to find.

However, Maine Heritage Weavers is Lewiston, Maine continues to weave Bates style candlewick (terry loop) and matelasse bedding.  Popular American-made quality products like these bedspreads are valued.

Luxurious throws, coverlets, [tag]bedspreads[/tag] and blankets and throws are woven by Maine Heritage Weavers, a Maine, USA, based textile company. This company was started by several Maine craftsmen and craftswomen, all former employees of the former Bates Fabrics, the world renown manufacturer of Bates style bedspreads, shams, throws and coverlets.

Maine Heritage Weavers operates out of the same buildings that housed the Bates operation in Lewiston, Maine, USA. Bedspreads and coverlets manufactured at Maine Heritage Weavers are woven with the finest quality materials producing true luxury [tag]matelasse[/tag] and candlewick (terry loop) wovens proudly made in America.

Maine Heritage Weavers manufactures candlewick Martha's Choice bedspreads and coverlets with 100 percent high grade cotton.

Martha's Choice and American Tradition both woven by Maine Heritage Weavers are two candlewick (chenille-type) designs. Candlewicks are also known as [tag]terry loop[/tag]. candlewick bedspreads and coverlets were named so because the length of the tuft (or terry loop) on the bedspreads was as long as a candle's wick although some refer to this as [tag]chenille[/tag].  The loops in a chenille product are cut, whereas candlewicks are not.

Martha's Choice, one of www.mhweavers.com most popular designs is available in solid colors of white or antique, and two-tone colors of blue/white or sage/white. It is also available in coverlet sizes with pom-pom fringe, throws, and shams. Custom sizes are available to accommodate thicker mattresses. 

Maine Heritage Weavers is one of the last candlewick textile companies in the United States and is located in Lewiston, Maine.

 Seashell matelasse bedspread, appropriately named Cape Cod, is back in the Maine Heritage Weavers collection just in time for summer!

Originally a flat jacquard in the Bates collection, our designer has recreated this seashell pattern for our matelasse looms. With its beautiful pattern of lattice work and seashells this matelasse is designed for any decor. Woven of 100% cotton, trimmed with your choice of braided edge or scalloped fringe, this elegant bedspread is machine washable, fade resistant and is preshrunk. 

Maine Heritage Weavers weaves matelasse and [tag]terry loop[/tag] (candlewick) bedspreads, coverlets, throws and shams on their Jacquard and dobby looms in Lewiston, Maine. Using the highest quality yarn and fade resistant dyes, their matelasses are "loomed to be heirloomed" and are offered in many color choices.

Woven full-size luxurious bedspreads measure 90" by 110" and are 100 percent high quality cotton and woven at Maine Heritage Weavers in the same buildings that bedspreads have been woven for over 150 years.

The most famous of all woven luxury bedspreads are those that were woven by Bates Fabrics.  Woven luxurious matelasse cotton designs and are now manufactured by Maine Heritage Weavers, Inc., of Lewiston, Maine. 

USA woven bedspreads and coverlets are woven in cotton yarn, which has a fuzzy pile effect.  The yarn protrudes from all sides of the bedspread or coverlet and produces a much softer feel. 

Coverlets and bedspreads can be woven in silk, wool, cotton or rayon.  Maine Heritage Weavers, Inc., weaves bedspreads and coverlets in high grade cotton. Martha's Choice is one of the most popular designs offered in both bedspreads and coverlets and is of [tag]terry loop[/tag] construction, also called "[tag]candlewick[/tag]". 

Cape Cod, Queen Elizabeth, Abigail Adams and Tuscany are true matelasse bedspreads.  Matelasse is defined as quilted or "trapunto" construction.

Maine Heritage Weavers, Inc., (www.mhweavers.com) has the capability to design and weave a variety of products using high quality cotton yarn.  These coverlets and bedspreads last for years and will not shrink more than 3 percent.  They are truly loomed to be heirloomed.

Matelasse woven Abigail Adams bedspreads are woven in Lewiston, Maine, at Maine Heritage Weavers with the finest quality cotton. 

Matelasse bedspreads and coverlets have been woven on looms in Lewiston, Maine, for the past 150 years at the former Bates Mill.  Now, these elegant cotton bedspreads are offered in a variety of colors and designs including [tag]Cape Cod[/tag], Heritage, Queen Elizabeth and [tag]Abigail Adams[/tag] by Maine Heritage Weavers, a company that has former Bates employees weaving bedspreads on looms similar to those used by the former Bates Fabrics. 

These bedspreads are loomed with raised fabric and embossed surface (also called trapunto) designs and are being sold throughout the United States and the rest of the world.  Queen size bedspreads are the most popular in size, and Maine Heritage Weavers also manufactures standard and custom size coverlets and bedspreads.

These 100% cotton bedspreads are preshrunk and machine washable and will not fade nor shrink more than 3 percent.

Trapunto means "to prick with a needle" in Latin.  In Italian trapunto means "to embroider". Many of the loomed bedspreads by Maine Heritage Weavers are of trapunto design. 

Maine Heritage Weavers continues the tradition of weaving Heirloom quality bedspreads in one of the former Bates Mills in Lewiston, Maine.

Cape Cod, [tag]Queen Elizabeth[/tag], [tag]Heritage[/tag] (formerly called Heirloom)  and Abigail Adams are some of the elegant styles still offered.  These trapunto bedspreads are available in seven different color combinations, shams, and throw sizes.  Heritage is also available in coverlet sizes.

Luxury Maine woven bedspreads and coverlets are rare.  However, bedspreads have been woven in Lewiston, Maine, since 1850.  First by the legendary Bates Fabrics, and now by Maine Heritage Weavers.  The skilled craftsmen and women of Maine Heritage Weavers began their trade at Bates.

Maine Heritage Weavers uses Jacquard and dobby looms to weave very popular designs including [tag]Abigail Adams[/tag], Queen Elizabeth and [tag]Martha's Choice[/tag]. High grade cotton helps to produce the soft luxurious bedspreads, coverlets, throws and blankets woven.  Custom sizes are available to accommodate thicker mattresses.

Matelasse designs are available in white, antique, linen, sage, quartz, french blue and wedgewood blue.  Candlewick designs are available in white or antique, although two-tone colors are going to be introduced this year.  The Bates Mill Store, www.batesmillstore.com, a factory direct retailer for over 50 years, offers free swatch cards of the Maine Heritage Weavers product line.

Jacquard Loom Woven USA Bedspreads are still being woven in former Bates Mill Buildings in Lewiston, Maine.

The Jacquard loom was invented by Joseph M. Jacquard in 1804.   The Jacquard loom automatically controls the warp and weft threads on a loom by recording patterns of holes in a string of cards.  Warp is the lengthwise threads as the cloth is woven, and weft is the crosswise threads as woven.

Maine Heritage Weavers manufactures cotton woven matelasse [tag]bedspreads[/tag], throws and coverlets on [tag]Jacquard[/tag] looms.  These looms are similar to those used by Bates Fabrics and Bates of Maine, which were famous for the quality of their bedspreads.