Once again, we turn to Abbé Pluche, author of the Spectacle de la nature (1732), who was well informed of the blending processes for various fibres, processes which have the same end purposes and the same methods as today. «Now they use pure Segovia wool, then they blend it with other Spanish wools. They blend one, and the other with Berry wools, or from other sources. This has all helped our factories to be able to proportion the fineness of the winter and summer fabrics to the needs of all states, and not to fear in any way comparison with our neighbours.» Amongst such “neighbours” were also included the subjects of the Duke of Savoy, namely the Biellesi, and amongst these there was also a certain Barbero, a 17th-century artisan and ancestor of the present Vitale Barberis Canonico family.
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