A brief guide to Welsh blankets

Welsh blanket buyers guideI have been asked on several occassions to provide some kind of guide for people looking to buy Welsh blankets. What is rare ? what is collectable ? what is old ? it can be a mine field amongst a host of different adverts , whose sellers have varying knowledge. This is by no means a definitive guide , but attempts to broadly catogorise the types of blankets that you are most likely to come across advertised on Ebay.Tapestry blankets Welsh Quilts or Carthens , different people call them different things. All are woven on a Dobby loom, two different pieces of cloth woven togrther to form a double cloth. These blankets , the most recognisable of Welsh blankets were made across Wales from C18th. Mostly in North wales . The ones that you are most likely to see these days are relics from the 1960s`

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