A handwoven wool blanket, mostly orange in color.  It is about 69" x 82".  The design is an all-over repeating design that alternates between eight-pointed snowflakes and flowers.  The background is cream, the design is in orange.  There is a part of the edge of the fabric that is a lighter shade of orange than the rest of it. There is also a white edge on the inside of the top and bottom.

The blankets were made by Eugenia Theodoropoulos Kairiazanos (the grandmother od the donor) for one of her daughters' doweries. She raised the sheep, sheered them, carded the wool, spun it into thread, and wove it into blankets. The donor's mother remembered her mother working on the blankets during the night. In those days, a daughter needed many blankets as a part of the dowry. When the donor went to Greece as a child, her grandmother had folded the blankets and stacked them. She was told a prospective groom would look at the height of the pile of blankets before committing to marriage.

Found in "Remembering Generations: Immigration" box

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