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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finality, post: 10409110, member: 92663&quot;]Hello all,</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m trying to identify a Pendleton blanket, shawl, or robe for my mom, who received it about a decade ago. It came from a small children&#039;s museum with an American Indian exhibit and was given to her when they were closing down. They couldn&#039;t tell her a thing about it—where it came from, who donated it, how long it had been there, nothing. (It was a mess!)</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve done some research into it and <i>suspect </i>it&#039;s from the 1970s, but honestly, I&#039;m not sure. Please help! I&#039;m still new to all of this and I&#039;m feeling a bit overwhelmed! </p><p><br /></p><p>(By the way, thank you for all the helpful forum posts! I&#039;ve really enjoyed diving into this world that&#039;s brand new to me. I even checked out a copy of Chasing Rainbows from my local library based on everyone&#039;s recommendation! It&#039;s been an absolutely wonderful read.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s what I&#039;ve got so far. I think it&#039;s from between 1972 and... probably not too many years later, maybe 1980? I saw on another site that Pendleton started using blends of fabrics instead of pure wool in 1972, so that&#039;s my start date. (This shawl&#039;s 82% wool, 18% cotton.) I don&#039;t have a specific end-date. I don&#039;t think it&#039;s from too much later, maybe the early 1980s at the latest? I&#039;m not sure. This is based on some info I found about Pendleton clothes labels from the 70s and 80s, but I simply don&#039;t know if they updated their blanket labels at the same time. </p><p><br /></p><p>Current dimensions are about 58 x 36 inches. Sadly, I&#039;m pretty sure someone must&#039;ve shrank it in the wash at some point.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t even know where to begin looking for the name of the design or anything like that...</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve included some photos. I hope they help!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for reading all this! My mom&#039;s been curious to know a little more about this blanket for a long time now, so I hope I can help her solve a bit of the mystery.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]523840[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]523841[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]523842[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]523843[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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