The flanks are usually cut off and made into muffs and stoles.
Occasionally, where something very marked is wanted, skating jackets and carriage aprons are made from the softest and flattest of skins, but usually they are made into settee covers, floor rugs and foot muffs.
The skins were in 1850 very fashionable in England for stoles, muffs and trimmings, and in America also as recently as 1890.
If the colour were less motley and the joins between the skins could be made less noticeable, it would be largely in demand for stoles, ties and muffs.
They are excellent for men's coat linings and the outside of ladies' coats, for stoles, muffs, collars and cuffs.
