Baby's blanket
Category
Childcare objects
Date
circa 1800 - circa 1899
Materials
Wool
Measurements
860 mm (length); 745 mm (width)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 658809
Summary
A baby's 'receiving blanket' (possibly 19th century). Blankets of this type were used to 'catch the baby' when it was born.