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Transitional blanket
Date:	Circa 1880-1890

“At the early trading posts, heavy blankets like this were bought by the pound. By the early 20th century, traders abandoned this practice because it discouraged weavers from doing their best work.” —Ann Hedlund

“This pattern resembles that produced by wedge weave (see nearby example), but the wefts go straight across instead of moving diagonally across the fabric. The zigzags lines are finely stair-stepped instead of smooth diagonals. Even the sides are scalloped like a wedge weave.” — Ann Hedlund

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Tapestry weave, interlocked and diagonal joins

1.37 x 1.835 m
72.244 x 53.937 in.

Catalog No. 8396

ASM purchase from Nelle A. Dermont, 1919.

Function	Fiber	Type	Ply-Spin-Twist			Color	Dye	Count *
Warp	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Dk Brown	None	6
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Purple-Red	Synthetic	20
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	White	None	20
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Dk Brown	None	20
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Orange-Red	Synthetic	20
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Maroon Red, Streaky	A Synthetic, Tested 2004	--
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Pink (Solid)	B Synthetic, Tested 2004	--
Ecord	Wool	Handspun	2	z	S	Orange-Red	Synthetic	2
* threads/inch