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<p>[QUOTE="Double_D, post: 4124257, member: 3853"]It could be velvet! It does have that smooth and satiny feel to it. As far as a color change, I doubt it. Neither the horse nor anything else in the box it was string tied in looked to be aged at all; like as if it was a time machine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Typically, it takes some type of direct exposure to heat/dust/light (sunlight or other) to morph the color even to a slight degree, let alone to age white to a very rich 14 kt. golden hue that is as perfectly consistent in chroma on every square mm of all the panels.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lifting the tail, looking at the strands from the inside out, different angles. also looking very close to where it joins the body, the color is perfectly consistent. No light or dark areas that stand out with any marked contrast/ Same with the blue. Very even. There is some of what appears to be toning, but that's dust on the surface. I didn't touch this with even a dry cloth. You're literally seeing it right out of a box sealed prior to 1956. I took it out of the box in Dec. 2018, and placed it in a large kitchen garbage bag, folded over the top and placed that on the top shelf of a closet. So basically, this is imaged "as found". Not even lightly cleaned.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Double_D, post: 4124257, member: 3853"]It could be velvet! It does have that smooth and satiny feel to it. As far as a color change, I doubt it. Neither the horse nor anything else in the box it was string tied in looked to be aged at all; like as if it was a time machine. Typically, it takes some type of direct exposure to heat/dust/light (sunlight or other) to morph the color even to a slight degree, let alone to age white to a very rich 14 kt. golden hue that is as perfectly consistent in chroma on every square mm of all the panels. Lifting the tail, looking at the strands from the inside out, different angles. also looking very close to where it joins the body, the color is perfectly consistent. No light or dark areas that stand out with any marked contrast/ Same with the blue. Very even. There is some of what appears to be toning, but that's dust on the surface. I didn't touch this with even a dry cloth. You're literally seeing it right out of a box sealed prior to 1956. I took it out of the box in Dec. 2018, and placed it in a large kitchen garbage bag, folded over the top and placed that on the top shelf of a closet. So basically, this is imaged "as found". Not even lightly cleaned.[/QUOTE]
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