| Show I 1 aloiv Seal sealskins skins are prepared 1 it t should ho ha I 1 roa bediha ihal tile the tie a kha s when clivy alii aro taken f from orn the aninias urt HI simply ply ignited binel broun u lil i t here in larrel irio natural 1 6 r of f the he fur which underline the ho jait dirty ono a nion a and nd of having the rich velvet color take so bo enuch delight in hi is bearers it angled find curly tile the first wo world r ir dameon oil 00 troian raw skins Is to lo lay the III tur fur down on oil ht braina anil and bill i pit with kalves of different next nex t I 1 they a anre r 0 stretched on hoops find and plated placed in cintli the biryla g roain next comes the bus 1 I 0 f plucking or 10 a 1 it la Is called in tho the english factor factories es aud this process Is a leapt kept d a secret The ed kins are then washed clean hoop cd d and dried again once more they bre shaved thou then butter batter tanned and then put into a trampIng tub when a man inan in costume kneads hem until tho whole mass baskins is impregnated with ani animal mat beat the tanning and tramping bre are repented repeated again and again neala until knod lu Allier Ather has been made the machine and the beating ina chide coine come next and then the skins rrt taken into the chemical li room oom and the door locked upon the operator then come the smearing the rubbing the beating the smear 1 aud soon until tile the dark tug brond ea cr r jet at black color required has bee been n obtain edAs way may be gather father led ed from this brief outline the whole process involves a vast amount of labor and skill raili each skin Is handled more than two hundred undred li times land aad tit nt least two wo months are required to bring brine tie pelt to perfection some skins were exhibit oil ed that were ready tor for the tha furriers furrier a use and in the tha soundness of the fur far they certainly felt and looked to be quite equal to the best beat ex examples ample ot of what has so long loaf been an exclusively london production |
