Wool blanket in red and grey jacquard weave. The centrepiece features the original university building at the University of Wales Aberystwyth (known as the 'Old College') and Caernarfon Castle. The words 'Cymru Fydd' (Future Wales) and 'Cymru Fu' (Wales Past) appear alongside these images. The border is decorated with Welsh dragons, daffodils and leeks. The original was made at Trefriw Woollen Mills, Caernarfonshire, and was presented to the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) in 1876. Numerous copies (such as the quilt featured here) were subsequently made on a Jacquard loom at the same mill and are still being made to this day. The quilt measures 221 x 174 cms.

Source: Ann Sutton, 'The Textiles of Wales' (1987), pp. 76-7.