Tiger Blanket

A tiger blanket is one of the few pieces of decor that gets used as much as it gets looked at: folded over the arm of a sofa, pulled up on a cold evening, spread across the foot of a bed. Each blanket in this collection is printed edge to edge with the animal, from close-up portraits where a single face fills the whole surface to playful cartoon cubs and an all-over stripe pattern that reads like the coat itself. Some designs lean toward photographic realism, others toward fun, and the sizes run from small lap throws to blankets wide enough to cover a bed.

Portraits, pairs and a coat of stripes

The boldest designs treat the blanket like a large photograph. On the Big Tiger Blanket, an orange tiger lies in the snow with its head raised and its mouth half open, teeth showing, and the white background lets the fur and the black stripes carry across the whole width. The Tiger Fleece Blanket puts two animals side by side: a white tiger with pale blue eyes rests its head beside an orange tiger, the two faces almost touching against a dark backdrop. Seen draped over a gray sofa, both read clearly from across the room.

The Tiger Stripe Blanket takes another route and leaves the face out entirely. Its print is the coat on its own, with bold black stripes over deep orange fur that softens to cream toward the edges, so the blanket looks like a tiger pelt at a glance, with every stripe printed rather than grown. It is the most graphic piece in the range, and the one where pattern matters more than portrait.

A tiger blanket with a story in it

A few designs set up a small scene rather than a portrait. The Blanket with Tiger and Kitty shows a gray tabby kitten stepping up to a puddle on a wooden floor, and the reflection looking back at it is a full-grown white tiger. It is a well-loved image of a small cat seeing something much bigger in itself, printed here in muted grays and browns, with a cream, fluffy reverse that shows where the edges fold over. Another design in the collection moves the action outdoors, with two orange tigers splashing toward each other in a green pool below a waterfall.

A bright cartoon cub for younger owners

The Tiger Toon Blanket for Kids is the most cheerful design here: a cartoon cub with huge amber eyes and a wide grin, pink tongue out, sitting on bright green grass. The shapes are big and the colors strong, which keeps the picture easy to read even on the smallest size, and the photo shows the same cream, fluffy reverse along its border. Sizes start at 70x100cm and go up to 150x200cm, so the same cub can cover a lap or a whole single bed.

From lap throw to full bed size

Most designs come in four or more sizes, listed in the options on each product page. The smallest, such as 70x100cm or 75x100cm, make lap blankets; the middle sizes, such as 130x150cm, wrap one person on a sofa; and the largest, at 150x200cm or 200x150cm, and in a couple of cases bigger still, are wide enough to lie across a bed. The Big Tiger Blanket and the Tiger Stripe Blanket give their sizes in both centimeters and inches, for example 200x150cm alongside 80x60in.

Throw or fleece: two words, two meanings

Throw and fleece often get used as if they meant the same thing, yet one describes how a blanket is used and the other what it is made of. A throw is a smaller, lighter blanket meant to be moved around the house and draped wherever it is needed, and our article on what a throw blanket is goes into its uses in more detail. Fleece is a fabric: a soft, brushed synthetic knit, warm for its weight, which our guide to what is a fleece blanket describes at greater length. A tiger throw blanket can be made of fleece, and a large tiger fleece blanket can just as easily serve as a bedspread.

White tigers, orange tigers and their stripes

Many of the blankets feature a white tiger, a color form that often surprises people. A white tiger is not a separate species: it is usually a Bengal tiger carrying a rare gene for pale fur, which also tends to bring blue eyes. That shared ancestry is why a white tiger and an orange one make such an easy pair, as they do on the Tiger Fleece Blanket. Every tiger also has its own stripe pattern, as individual as a fingerprint, which is part of why close-up portraits like these reward a second look.

The same animal around the house

The tiger carries on well beyond the sofa. A tiger cushion cover sets a second tiger face beside a blanket, with designs that range from white tigers and cubs to Chinese and Japanese tiger art. In the bedroom, our tiger bedding prints large tiger portraits across duvet covers shown with matching pillowcases, in all four US bed sizes. All of it sits inside our wider tiger decor collection, where rugs, lamps, wall art, tapestries and statues join the textiles.

A guardian in Chinese tradition

The tiger is one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac, and in Chinese folk tradition it has long been treated as a protector. Tiger faces were painted on doors, and tiger-head shoes and hats were made for small children, because the tiger was believed to frighten off evil spirits. A blanket printed with a tiger echoes that old wish for a watchful animal close at hand, alongside the everyday pleasures of warm colors and something soft on a cold night.

Quick answers on tiger blankets

Which blankets show a white tiger?

The Blanket with Tiger and Kitty shows one as a reflection, the Tiger Fleece Blanket pairs one with an orange tiger, and several other designs in the collection carry a white tiger in their names.

Are sizes given in inches?

Some are. Most designs list their sizes in centimeters, and several, including the Big Tiger Blanket, add the inch equivalent in the option name.

Is there a design without a face?

Yes. The Tiger Stripe Blanket prints the striped coat on its own, with no head or figure, for a pattern that works much like an animal print.