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2017.103.7

Witney four point blanket. A large wool blanket, red with a black band at each short end. [JMC 20/7/2018]

2017.103.7

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Collection type
Object
Description
Witney four point blanket. A large wool blanket, red with a black band at each short end. [JMC 20/7/2018]
Long description
Witney four point blanket. A large wool blanket, red with a black band at each short end. There are four black lines, the 'points', woven into one edge, near the corner. In that corner is a textile patch, black with yellow writing, which reads "EARLY'S WITNEY POINT BLANKET MADE IN ENGLAND OF PURE WOOL", with a picture of a Native American figure in the centre. [JMC 20/7/2018]
Person
Field collector Raymond Wilkes
PRM source David Wilkes
Date
Acquisition information
Donated: 30/08/2016
Materials and processes
Material Wool Textile Animal, Material Textile, Process Woven, Process Stitched
Dimensions
Width: max 1980 mm, Length: max 2160 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2017.103.7 Other numbers: 1
Research and responses

This blanket is part of a collection put together by English Hobbyist Raymond Wilkes. The collection combines English, European or North American-made hobbyist material, some objects made by Wilkes himself, and some Native American-made objects. This blanket was made in Witney, Oxfordshire, probably for trade with Native American people. [JMC 20/2/2019]

Search terms: Textile, Blanket

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