Pendleton
- Headquarters
- Portland, OR
- Manufacturing
- Pendleton, OR · Washougal, WA
- Categories
- furniture-and-bedding
Pendleton has woven wool blankets at its own mills in Pendleton, Oregon (since 1909) and Washougal, Washington (since 1912) for well over a century, and its site is specific about it: product pages for blankets like the Chief Joseph state the fabric is “woven in our American mills,” a company-information page names both mills by build year and what each one weaves, and a dedicated “Made in our Mills” collection page scopes the claim to blankets, throws, shams and pillows rather than the whole catalogue. This record is scoped the same way — to the mill-woven blanket line, not to Pendleton’s apparel or other goods, which the source material does not address and which a heritage wool brand commonly sources or finishes outside the US.
The tier sits at assembled-in-usa rather than made-in-usa for a reason Pendleton states about its own raw material: its mills page says wool is sourced “from around the world as well as locally,” naming domestic ranchers but not claiming the wool itself is all domestic. Spinning, dyeing, weaving and finishing happen at the two US mills, and the blanket is finished and sold as a US product, but the fiber input is explicitly mixed-origin. Per the project’s rule to choose the lower mark when the evidence could support either, the record uses assembled-in-usa.
The record
The Chief Joseph wool blanket is made in the USA from fabric woven at Pendleton's own American mills
“Made in USA of fabric woven in our American mills”
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Pendleton's own Oregon and Washington mills weave the company's blankets
“Mill built in 1895. Weaves all jacquard blankets and fabric for apparel. [Pendleton, Oregon] / Mill built in 1910. Weaves blankets and fabrics for apparel, home, upholstery products. [Washougal, Washington]”
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The collection is described as crafted in Pendleton's own American mills
“Experience the quality and heritage of Pendleton — with blankets, throws, shams, and pillows crafted in our own American mills.”
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Wool used in the mills is sourced globally as well as domestically
“We source our wool from around the world as well as locally, including from 5th generation family sheep ranchers neighboring our Pendleton, Oregon mill.”
pendleton-usa.comRetrieved
Products
- Where to buy
Chief Joseph Blanket
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