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Robert Kemp Philp
653
1873.
Wool.
German
wool
(or
Berlin
wool,
as
it
is
commonly
called)
is
the
most
beautiful
material
manufactured
for
canvas-work.
The
vast
variety
of
shades,
the
exquisite
tints
produced,
the
softness
and
evenness
of
the
fabric,
are
beyond
all
praise.
We
speak
of
Berlin
wool
as
it
ought
to
be;
for
no
article
is
more
frequently
of
inferior
quality.
From
damp,
or
bad
packing,
or
many
other
causes,
it
is
frequently
crushed
and
injured,
and
in
that
state
is
not
fit
to
be
used
for
good
work.
Berlin
wool
is
supposed
to
be
all
dyed,
as
well
as
made,
abroad;
at
present
a
large
proportion
is
entirely
produced
in
our
own
country,
which
is
little,
if
at
all,
inferior
to
the
foreign.
Berlin
wool
is
made
only
in
two
sizes,
4-thread
and
8-thread;
unless
the
latter
is
specified
in
directions,
the
other
is
always
implied.
Berlin
wools
are
either
dyed
in
one
colour,
or
in
shades
of
the
same
colour,
or
(very
rarely)
in
shades
of
several
colours.
Technically,
a
silk
or
wool
dyed
in
shades
of
the
same
colour,
going
gradually
from
light
to
dark,
and
from
dark
to
light
again,
is
termed
an
ombre,
or
shaded
wool
or
silk,
whereas
chine
is
the
term
employed
when
there
are
several
colours
used.
There
are,
also,
what
are
called
short
and
long
shades;
that
is,
in
the
former
the
entire
shades,
from
the
lightest
to
the
lightest
again,
will
occur
within
a
short
space,
a
yard
or
so;
whereas,
in
long
shades
the
gradation
is
much
more
gradually
made.
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