Could you (briefly) explain what these things are?  Are
the flannel and silk worn by the smokers, or used to gently
wrap up the products, or does this refer to designs printed
on flannel or silk...or...?  Those of us who keep our cigarettes
in cardboard and our cigars in cellophane must be WAY out of it.

Mary Day Kent
University of Pennsylvania Museum



>Hi,
>
>A dear friend and quilt historian (non-digital) has been
>asked to appraise some cigar flannel pieced textiles for
>insurance purposes.  Between the two of us, we have only
>found a very few scant information resources on this type
>of textile.  Cigarette silks, a related sort of item, are
>abundant in the research and display sources.
>
>If anyone knows of a collection or an item of cigar
>flannel(s), could you please let me know off-list?  I'd
>like to help her out if I can.
>
>Thank you much!
>
>Zoe
>
>