At the time, hats made of felted beaver fur were much desired by fashionable European gentlemen.

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Steinmann's spark grew from a simple pattern for a felted hat that her mother gave her.

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Elderly tailors play mah-jongg on green-felted tables, while others watch television or lie snoring in the heat.

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That new store will be filled with finely wrought homewares and elegant clothes, including sculptural dresses made from hand-felted cashmere in a centuries-old process typical of the French house's attention to detail.

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