Early Witney Point Blanket Labels

The 100 wool type 1 label shown here is probably the most common label found on older blankets indicating the very high volume of sales of point blankets during the early 1950s.
Early witney point blanket labels. 1920s red label hudson s bay company 3 5 point blanket antique a4 red label hbc point blanket scarlet trapper hudson bay woo prairiemetisworks. Through our long association with the great english blanket makers like a w hainsworths we are delighted to be able to offer customers a range of fabulous english blankets from the unsurpassed luxury of cashmere blankets to the soft elegance of pure merino wool blankets. Suppliers of high quality traditional english woollen blankets. 5 out of 5 stars 358.
Make offer rare early s witney point company old vintage patch on basket blanket company. Witney continued to supply the hbc with point blankets until the 1920s when a rivalry seems to have developed between it and early s. Made in england delivered worldwide. Early s witney point blanket label.
Hudson bay blanket survival knots native american symbols vintage blanket vintage labels label design wool blanket sewing crafts patches. Update your shipping location. Early s witney point blanket label showing the native american symbol they adopted for their point blankets. Early s produced mainly blankets which from 1925 were mainly marketed under the earlywarm brand.
Early s witney point blanket pure new wool vibrant red and black 3 5 points bumpedandbruised. Save witney point blanket to get e mail alerts and updates on your ebay feed. In 1890 hbc began adding labels to their blankets because point blankets of similar quality were being sold by hbc competitors from such manufacturers as early s of witney. As well as supplying point blankets to the hbc early s had also begun marketing genuine indian point blankets under their own label in winnipeg in 1878 and supplying points to non hbc outlets.
5 out of 5 stars. Vtg early s witney point blanket wool quartermain s canada coat sz large b c 327 94. I have also done a considerable amount of research on the dates of labels used on blankets made by many mills like early s of witney pendleton and jacob s of oregon as well as for blankets marketed by retailers other than hbc like the t. It appears in two sizes.
Vintage hand tied pendleton blanket early label indian pattern. Very early baron woolen mills blanket. From united states c 44 42 shipping. Their range included point blankets for the north american market.