Polish Blanket, Random Color, Surplus

Do you enjoy the "ostblock" aesthetics? These thick and warm blankets are from Communist Era Poland. An exciting assortment of all the colors and/or patterns of the East Bloc rainbow! These are unissued and contain lots of wool, so a great deal.

History

When you decode the tags found on at least some of the blankets, you find out that at least some of these were made in a factory located in Bialystok. During the Communist Era, Polish factories weren’t given any esoteric gobbledygook names, instead, the name told you exactly what you needed to know. For example, “A Factory Located in City X that manufactures Butt Buzzers in the Name of This True Hero of Labor”.

The factory mentioned on the tag specialized in wool and wool-like textiles. It isn’t mentioned to whom these were sold but these kinds of thick blankets were often used in hotels, ships, and many other places as blankets on beds. There were no duvet covers, so you put an overly long sheet against the skin, then the blanket, and then folded the extra bit on top of the upper part of the blanket. That extra bit often had some nice embroidery. The tag also mentioned that these blankets once cost 2,500 zloty, which in the ‘70s was a few cents.

Features

In Poland, there was a thing that blankets were made super thick. Today it's almost impossible to find a good thick blanket without being filthy rich. If you can live with the fact that these come in all sorts of weird colors, here's a pretty good rag for a very reasonable price - especially since these are new old stock. The blanket measures about 150 x 200 cm (59 x 79”), but this can vary a bit from one blanket to the next. They weigh around 2 kilos (4.4 lbs) but that can vary a bit as well.

Materials and care

Made of a mixture of something and other fibers. Could be, cat hair, wool man hair, raccoon dog fur, acrylic, polyester or brick dust, hard to say. We believe these can be machine washed at 40 degrees Celsius (104 F). Hang dry.

Condition

Polish unissued surplus. Probably been stored away ever since the ‘70s or something. The details, colors, and patterns will vary in the spectrum of your imagination, as long as it follows the Socialist Norm.