For your bidding pleasure is this Vintage Hudson Bay Four Point Blanket. Over the centuries the sizes of blankets have shifted, particularly during the 1900s as beds became larger. Blankets of 2.5, 3, 3.5 and 4 point were most common during the fur trade era. In the North American fur trade, by 1700, wool blankets accounted for more than 60 per cent of traded goods.[1] French fur-trader Germain Maugenest is thought to have advised the HBC to introduce point blankets. The blanket is mostly blue grey with the iconic four point stripe in a darker blue mirrored at either end of blanket. the measurements of this blanket are 88" x 66".
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