Coggeshall Blanket

The Coggeshall Blanket is a woven masterpiece that captures the essence of a small Essex town with a rich medieval past. Named after the historic town of Coggeshall, known for its fine wool trade and the impressive Paycockes Tudor house, this blanket blends old-world charm with modern elegance. Its design features large-scale blocks and stripes, creating a delicate pattern that is both visually striking and comforting to the touch. Woven with a chalky ground, this blanket boasts fine dotted rust blocks and baler twine blue stripes that add a dynamic contrast while the reverse side flips the color scheme with chalk blocks and estate green stripes on a fine dotted rust base. Subtle ribbed score-lines run across the surface, creating texture and depth, making this blanket as interesting to touch as it is to look at. As the third installment in Eleanor Pritchard’s East Anglian Quintet, this blanket is inspired by the ancient town’s history. Coggeshall, first mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086, was a bustling hub for the medieval wool trade. This town, with its prized “Coggeshall White” wool, was home to weavers who crafted fine cloth that was coveted across Europe. The blanket draws on this legacy with hues of chalk and rust paying homage to the traditional colors of the town’s textiles.