I Love Lucy’s Chenille Bedspreads

We can get a good view of Lucy’s colonial style chenille twin bedspreads in the Season 2 of “I Love Lucy” episode titled “The Girls Go Into Business” (October 12, 1953) in the very first scene when Lucy and Ethel come home from shopping and go into the bedroom.

The Ricardo's bedroom set - twin chenille bedspreads
The Ricardo’s bedroom set – twin chenille bedspreads

The bedspreads are hobnail chenille type bedspreads produced by Morgan-Jones, in style “Minuet” Early American. From the screen capture above it looks like Lucy’s bedspreads are placed with reverse side up compared to how they appear in the display photo below.
Fortunately for collectors you can find this make and model in the vintage bed linens section on eBay. I found a listing on eBay of this exact style still in original box in a full size, vintage unused and currently for sale on eBay – see pictures below, click on any picture to view the actual listing.

VINTAGE-MORGAN-JONES-MINUET-EARLY-AMERICAN-CHENILLE-BEDSPREAD-NEW-UNUSED-IN-BOX seen on eBay
VINTAGE-MORGAN-JONES-MINUET-EARLY-AMERICAN-CHENILLE-BEDSPREAD-NEW-UNUSED-IN-BOX seen on eBay


morgan jones minuet

morgan jones minuet bedspread

morgan jones bedspread

Tips for buying a vintage bedspread like Lucy’s:

  • Study the floral pattern in the photos above so you can recognize the exact design for Minuet pattern – notice the 8 pointed star in the corners.
  • Not all sellers on eBay know the pattern name is “Minuet”, so you you will get more search results if you look for “Morgan Jones” but you need to identify the pattern carefully in the photos- use the following links: Link to all Morgan Jones Bedspreads in the vintage section on eBay
    OR Link to Morgan Jones Minuet Bedspreads in the vintage section on eBay
  • Stains on old cotton bedspreads can usually be removed by soaking in Oxyclean if you use a whole box – be prepared to soak multiple times
  • Don’t use chlorine bleach on vintage fabric – it can wear down the cloth and cause holes in the fabric.
Morgan-Jones ad Lucille Ball
Morgan-Jones ad Lucille Ball

2 thoughts on “I Love Lucy’s Chenille Bedspreads”

  1. very cool, thanks for sharing. One minor correction…the episode mentioned is from Season 3, not 2, production #68. “….and how do you want to handle the down PAYMENT!?” 🙂

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