Heavy woolen blanket Italy ca. 1770
TABLE No. XIV. — Heavy woolen blanket of the south of the Abruzzi, of two breadths. Private collection, Rome. Dimensions: 2,40 m. X 0,70 m. About 150 years old.
Source: Italian peasant rugs by Albert Sautier. Published 1923. Published by “Gli Editori PIANTANIDA-VALCARENGHI”. Printed in the offices of the Arti Grafichs MODIANO, Milan
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