3-102-235 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

"Selvyt"-making: the knife that must travel over three miles to make a dozen polishing cloths, 1909. '...the velvety surface is given to ''Selvyt" by cutting the threads on the topmost surface. The photograph shows a stall with "Selvyt" cloth. In the foreground is a piece of ''Selvyt," stretched on a frame, with one of the knives used to give the pile surface. To cut sufficient of the ''Selvyt" to make a dozen medium-sized polishing-cloths, the knife has to travel 5460 yards (over three miles)'. Jones Bros., Ltd, inventor and sole manufacturer of the well-known "SELVYT" polishing cloth. From "Illustrated London News", 1909.