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In this case, the Wilsons 1819 blanket sett has been combined with its border selvedge pattern, to show a sample of the complete tartan cloth with a right-side selvedge pattern. This type of tartan selvedge replaces or "comes after", as it were, part of the original tartan sett, and consists of several bands that re-use colours from the ...
(The blanket was discovered in Antigonish Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, but probably dates to Scotland c. 1780s.) This corner just shows the red-heavy border pattern going around from the right side to the bottom. This is not just a full-sett image and cannot tile horizontally or vertically. It was produced for illustrating a specific article.
A modern photo blanket. A photo blanket is a large, rectangular piece of fabric displaying images, pictures, or designs, often with bound edges, used as a blanket or decorative object. Historically photo blanket were made of thick cloth depicting people, objects, and symbols intended to tell a story or reveal historical events. [1]
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The thick handspun yarns and synthetic dyes are typical of pieces made during the transition from blanket weaving to rug weaving, when more weavings were sold to outsiders. Commerce expanded after the Santa Fe Trail opened in 1822, and greater numbers of examples survive. Until 1880, all such textiles were blankets as opposed to rugs.
In the Civil War, the usual practice was to spread one rubber blanket on the ground, arrange the wool blanket on the rubber blanket, and, if available, spread a second rubber blanket on top of the wool blanket. The soldier slept directly on the rubber blanket, uncoated side up, and the wool blanket over the recumbent soldier.
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The floral motif originated in the Sassanid dynasty, was used later in the Safavid dynasty of Persia (1501–1736), and was a major textile pattern in Iran during the Qajar and Pahlavi dynasties. In these periods, the pattern was used to decorate royal regalia, crowns, and court garments, as well as textiles used by the general population.