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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 1853656, member: 36"]Those are Civil War era ladies; they probably knew how to put the hurt on someone if they lived anywhere near the battle areas or just out in the back woods. (those ladies probably slaughtered their own meat.) The rusty areas may be where someone applied a tint or color to the brooches. I've never seen a hand tint rust before, but if it was metallic paint or something who knows.</p><p><br /></p><p>Antimacassars were made to protect furniture from macassar oil - guys put it in their hair as a styling agent. One guess what happened if it contacted fabric.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 1853656, member: 36"]Those are Civil War era ladies; they probably knew how to put the hurt on someone if they lived anywhere near the battle areas or just out in the back woods. (those ladies probably slaughtered their own meat.) The rusty areas may be where someone applied a tint or color to the brooches. I've never seen a hand tint rust before, but if it was metallic paint or something who knows. Antimacassars were made to protect furniture from macassar oil - guys put it in their hair as a styling agent. One guess what happened if it contacted fabric.[/QUOTE]
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