Hudsone Bay Comapny Point Blanket, possibly 1940s
so soft, so warm, found by Mrs. G., the inveterate blanket expert, less than $10
Wacky, sexy, Italian movies of the early 1960s, especially the ones starring Sophia Loren, provide welcome entertainment for a guy who is both obsessed with old stuff and actually Italian:
p.s. I've also been plenty busy preparing for the upcoming White Eagle Bazaar. If you live around Boston, don't miss it.
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The blankets are made in England, but they're a Canadian icon. HBC is a department store now, but it once controlled most of what is now Canada (look up Rupert's Land). The blankets were trade goods, exchanged with aboriginals for beaver pelts, and that pattern (the most famous) was for use in Canada. I wouldn't really call it English style.
They also own Lord & Taylor in the US.
The blanket resembles the "Glacier National Park Blanket" available from Pendleton Woolen Mills (although with a different blue/green tone stripe).
Yes, that blanket is a piece of hard-core, veritable, old-time, Canadiana.
Nice score on the Hudson's Bay blanket. They still sell them new, for around $300-$400. (Some of the charm is undermined by the fact that they've started using that coloured-strip pattern on a whole bunch of merch, from coats to scarves to coffee mugs...)
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