A page from the New International Encyclopedia on blankets. It covers the Navajo blanket (reservation, sheep, spinning on a spindle, upright loom, colors, geometric patterns, value by weight) and the history of blanket manufacture in the United States from the War of 1812 through the Civil War. It also notes cotton-warp and woolen-filling blankets, finishing to a fleecy surface, and fine Mysore blankets.