What’s the Difference Between a Man’s Style First Phase and a Woman’s Style First Phase?

The upper left and upper right chief’s blankets are woman’s style first phases. The lower left and lower right chief’s blankets are man’s style first phases.

Classic (pre-1865) first phases woven in the woman’s style have fields of thin, alternating stripes above and below their central panels. The alternating stripes are either brown and grey or brown and white stripes. In all phases, woman’s style chief’s blankets are smaller than man’s style chief’s blankets. The average dimensions for
a classic woman’s style chief’s blanket is 45 inches long by 55 inches wide, as woven.

Classic (pre-1865) first phases woven in the woman’s style have fields of thin, alternating stripes above and below their central panels. The alternating stripes are either brown and grey or brown and white stripes. In all phases, woman’s style chief’s blankets are smaller than man’s style chief’s blankets. The average dimensions for
a classic woman’s style chief’s blanket is 45 inches long by 55 inches wide, as woven.

Classic first phases woven in the man’s style have alternating brown and white bands in the fields above and below their central panels. In all phases, man’s style chief’s blankets are larger than woman’s style chief’s blankets. The average dimensions for
a classic man’s style chief’s blanket is 60 inches long by 72 inches wide, as woven.

Classic first phases woven in the man’s style have alternating brown and white bands in the fields above and below their central panels. In all phases, man’s style chief’s blankets are larger than woman’s style chief’s blankets. The average dimensions for
a classic man’s style chief’s blanket is 60 inches long by 72 inches wide, as woven.