Blanket
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A short encyclopedia entry on blankets as a commercial product, taken from Rees's Cyclopedia. It describes blankets as light, loosely woven woolen bedding and says their manufacture centered on Witney in Oxfordshire. It gives two explanations for the quality of Witney blankets: the river Windrush water used for scouring, or a local loose spinning method. It also lists the wool grades used for blankets of different widths, measured in quarters.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1819
- Language
- English
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- 1
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