{"product_id":"cobertor-papa-genuino-macainhas","title":"Shepherd's Wool Blanket","description":"\u003ch3\u003eFeel the weight of the mountains in this rare, thickly woven wool blanket.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong before the age of electric heaters, heated floors, and the globalization of synthetic fibers, shepherds and their families wrapped themselves in layers of natural wool, thickly woven, compact to withstand the cutting cold of the Guarda highlands (Beira Alta, Portugal), but also in the summer, because \"what shields from the cold, shields from the heat.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt was called the\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCobertor de Papa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;(papa blanket).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt still is, because the Associação O Genuíno Cobertor de Papa (The Genuine Papa Blanket Association) rescued the tools and the secrets of its manufacture from extinction just a few years ago. Traditional, handcrafted, thick, waterproof, warm, long-haired, woven on a roughly 300-year-old wooden hand loom, the oldest of its kind in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003eWe have Céu Reis to thank. She created the association and its workshop after the last factory in the region - where she had worked for 28 years - closed. Alfredo, Dulce, and\u0026nbsp;Rosa Baía (Céu's mother) are also Papa blanket artisan volunteers whose process relies on their cooperation and complementarity, forming a team. Rosa Baía is over 91 years old. Her career as a fuller and warper spans eight decades, ever since she was a child of just 11.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003eIt is heavy - you can feel its weight. Or is it the weight of history, of the mountains, of the harsh winters? Either way, it smells a little of the wind, a little of the fields, a little of a night by the fireplace. Some people use them as art. Others as heritage. Others simply sleep under them every night, just as their grandparents did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003eAnd even today, it is the faithful companion of the shepherds, serving as a beacon for the flock, which, accustomed to its pattern, follows it instinctively.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0;font-size:.82rem;color:#5b5b55;\"\u003eRa-Ro Index: \u003ca href=\"\/en\/pages\/indice-ra-ro\" style=\"color:#4f6d16;font-weight:700;\"\u003eUnique \u0026rsaquo; learn more\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2 style=\"margin-top:28px;\"\u003eFrequently asked questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top:8px;border-top:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.18);\"\u003e\u003cdetails style=\"border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.18);padding:14px 2px;\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-weight:600;font-size:1.02rem;color:#f5f5f5;list-style:none;\"\u003eWhat is this piece?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#cbcbcb;line-height:1.7;\"\u003ePapa wool blanket, handwoven in Beira Alta by O Genuíno Cobertor de Papa on a wooden loom around 300 years old. Thick and warm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003cdetails style=\"border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.18);padding:14px 2px;\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-weight:600;font-size:1.02rem;color:#f5f5f5;list-style:none;\"\u003eWhich region is it from?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#cbcbcb;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eIt comes from Beira Alta, in Portugal. 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