The Blanket : An Illustrated History of the Hudson's Bay Point Blanket

Hardcover, 80 pages, 7.25x8.50 in, [18.25x21.25 cm], colour illustrations.

Covers rubbed.

Full of illustrations and photographs, Harold Tichenor's book details the origins, use, crafting, and legacy of point blankets by the Hudson's Bay Company as part of their trading in Canada and North America. Tichenor explains the mercantile role of the blanket as a commodity traded to First Nations trappers in exchange for furs, the blanket's manufacturing process in the past and present, and its transition from a frontier item to a household good. The book parses the meanings of the blanket's colors and markings, and traces its status as a cultural symbol from the late seventeenth century through the early 2000s.

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