Jen Jones Welsh Blankets

Jen Jones Welsh Blankets has the widest choice of antique and vintage Welsh blankets and tapestries – such a wide choice, in fact, that we have divided them up into categories of their own.

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Jen Jones Welsh Quilts and Blankets Cottage Shop, Llanybydder is proud to announce the Royal Warrant of Appointment as Supplier of Historic Welsh Quilts, Blankets and Antique and Vintage Textiles to His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales.

Royal Warrant to HRH Prince Charles and Camilla Duchess of Cornwall

The Royal Warrant, which can be traced back to medieval times, has been granted to Jen Jones as a mark of recognition for supplying the Royal Household. The honour bestowed by HRH The Prince of Wales is due to the fact that, over a period of years, Jen has supplied TRH Prince Charles and Camilla Duchess of Cornwall with antique Welsh Quilts and Blankets.

When Jen Jones first arrived in Wales in 1971, she found a land where the Welsh woollen mills no longer produced vast quantities of their remarkable narrow loom blankets for the world’s markets. Driven out of business by the soulless and ubiquitous duvet, those industrious craftswomen, the Welsh quilters, had also stopped making their practical and original quilts.

Imbued with her native New England respect for the heritage of quilt making, Jen Jones knew she couldn’t re-start these industries but she could, and did, rekindle national and international appreciation of these artefacts.

Since her creation of the shop over thirty years ago, Jen has gone on to support and manage the foundation of the Welsh Quilt Centre in Lampeter, which offers visitors a unique opportunity to see some of the world’s finest quilts, each year set into a different context. She also speaks passionately on the subject all over the world.

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