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Hats and Hat Felt quality improved by leaps and bounds under mechanization. You still had super high skilled handwork but many new processes took place under mechanization.When my oldest daughter got married she didn’t register for china or any of the finery that generations in the past did. Most of her furniture has come from IKEA in flat pack boxes. It’s all short lived stuff meant to be used for a while, thrown away/recycled and replaced with other disposable stuff.
I wonder if people in Victorian times felt the same when the industrial revolution came along and manufactured goods went from skilled artisans to mass produced factory wares.