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    Buff wool

    BUFF WOOL:

    OK...does anyone out there have documentation on what color "Buff" is, when defining the color of fabric in the 19th Century?

    Paul B.
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    Re: Buff wool

    Hallo!

    When used as a color, references are common when desribing the sandy or tanish or beige color of uniform facings in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
    As well as for describing military small clothes when not white., as wel las som4 famous units so dressed, such as "The Buffs."

    IMHO, your best references to the color of fabric is directly found in the
    19th century dyer's manuals such as Thomas Cooper's 1815 manual who stated (p 309) that buffs could be made by dipping textile material in a hot copperas solution, taking them out, wringing, opening and airing them, then raising the color in lime water.

    Curt
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      Re: Buff wool

      Buff doeskin from an original general officer's frock coat:
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      Brian Koenig
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      Hedgesville Blues

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