Chasing rainbows : collecting American Indian trade & camp blankets
Entry/Object ID
E98.T35.F75
Description
Icons of Adirondack and Western décor, these stunning geometric-patterned blankets remain a staple of Native American life and are regularly featured in design and shelter magazines. This book traces both the fascinating story of the commercially produced wool trade blankets from the 1892-1942 "golden age" and the equally collectible 1910-1942 cotton Indian camp blankets. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of rare blankets, historic photographs of Native Americans and original blanket manufacturers' catalog pages, this definitive work advises where and what to collect and how to care for vintage blankets.
Lexicon
Search Terms
blankets--north america, indigenous peoples of north america--clothing, navajo blankets
Legacy Lexicon
Category
Book
Book Details
Author
Barry Friedman, James L. Collins, Gary Diamond
Publisher
Bullfinch Press
Place Published
City
Boston
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States of America
Continent
North America
Date Published
2002
Call No.
E98.T35.F75
ISBN
821227580, 9780821227589
LCCN
2002102354
Notes
Length: 303
General Notes
Note Type
Contents
Note
Wherein We Begin to Weave Our Tale --
Shear Beauty: The Making of a Pendleton Indian Blanket --
Trade-Blanket Design Classifications --
J. Capps and Sons --
Pendleton Woolen Mills --
Oregon City Woolen Mills --
Buell Manufacturing Company -- Racine Woolen Mills and Shuler and Benninghofen --
Knight Woolen Mills --
Cotton Blankets: A Gin-Dandy Yarn --
Beacon Manufacturing Company --
Esmond Mills --
Deep in the Heart of Textiles --
Labels and Cold Hard Facts --
Collecting Indian Blankets: Its Symptoms and Treatment --
Loving Care and Non-Repair.
