Notes on weave by donor, from catalogue card. Donor states "at least 70 years old" but no accession date given. owner of blanket, Mr John Pearson Seddon of Grey Lynn was born in Alba, with a Paton and Baldwin mill, the first one established there. But his mother's clan, the McQueens, probably did the blanket work when in the Hebrides. It was part of the eldest daughter's dowry, and as well were used as barter.