Bates by Maine Heritage Weavers
Jacquard-woven cotton bedspreads and blankets in the original Bates patterns.
Status: Approved
- Founded
- 2002
- Website
- maineheritageweavers.com
- HQ
- USA
- Manufacturing
- USA
- Ownership type
- Family-owned
- Status since
- 2026-07-08
Ownership
Original Bates Manufacturing closed in 2001. Former Bates president Fred Lebel founded Maine Heritage Weavers in 2002 and re-acquired the Bates name and crown logo in 2012. His daughter Linda Cloutier has run it since 2013.
Why Approved
A rare clean outcome: the successor firm bought the trademark back, so the name and the quality live in the same building. Same looms, same designs.
Reversibility
What would change our verdict
Sale or licensing of the Bates trademark away from the Monmouth factory.
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