The A New System for Practical Domestic Economy (1823) has the following receipt for restoring velvet pelisses:
With respect to the first of these articles, it is perhaps not generally known, that velvet pelisses are readily restored, by passing the under-side of the velvet over a warm smoothing-iron. The best way of doing this is for one person to hold the velvet tight, and another to pass the iron over it on the wrong side; after which the garment must be º out, and a brush, or very fine whisk, like ose now sold about the streets by Dutch women, passed gently yet briskly over the pile. The good effect of this, even upon the most worn-out dresses, will scarcely be credited, until tried ; and it is equally applicable to dresses that are but little worn.
