a Golden Crest model, vintage fur coat

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I posted the label here: http://forums.vintagefashionguild.org/threads/a-golden-crest-model.60470/

Just found this stunning fur/leather coat at a New Zealand recycled clothing store. I'm in love. Here's a few pics of the coat itself. It's beautifully made, and apart from the label, and clasps could have been made yesterday (it's in such good condition).

Here's a few pics. Any identification of the age, label, clasps, fur appreciated.

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With thanks.
Ra
 
Hi there, I am afraid this fur has me stumped and I've never seen that type of closure before either. The coat itself looks like it dates to the 70s. I tried to research the label for you but I didn't have any luck there either. Wish I could help you more but I think I would need to touch, feel, and see this one in person to positively identify the fur type.
 
Thanks so much.

I thought I'd post a close-up of the closure (thanks! wasn't sure what to call it).
Also, a few more that might help.

It's a very thick pelt. If I open the lining and look up near pocket (see pic) the suede is brown.
The lining does seem a bit heavier (more synthetic) than silk. When we lift it up there is another lining. But overall it's a light coat.

Does that help?
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
All the best,
Ra

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Thank you. I am afraid the fur is faux because the brown portion you showed is fabric, not pelt. It also appears in the next photo you showed that those fibers are stitched into the black leather and/or the brown fabric.
 
Hi thanks! Pics just don't tell the story do they...
My partner skins and tans his own hides. So absolutely 100% confident it's not fake.
The stitching you see is the stitching between the black leather and the brown pelt.
The back of the fur is definitely the meat side of the leather (the skin side).

:) So... defo not fake.
 
Ok, so that really looks like fabric to me however if you are sure it is skin it has to be dyed and yes, maybe it is just thick with hairs sticking trough the hind side of the skin. Being your partner tans his own hides maybe he might know someone who may be able to identify it in person. I still am unable to identify it looking at the pictures. I'm sorry and wish I could offer more help to you.
 
You're welcome.
I took a look at those labels too. I do think those two labels were from the same maker. I also found a dyed rabbit fur jacket while searching that was described to be a Golden Crest model but a label was not shown.
I could not find any mention of a Golden Crest model when searching Mayfair of London but I think that may have been a brand of furs that was maybe sold in London based stores or fur salons.

When you ask questions in the future if your items in question have labels post your labels directly within the same thread.
The label resource forum is not for asking questions. It is just an area to provide us with labels that we can add to our label resource.
 
Golden Crest sounds like one of the oriental import labels many British companies used in the 50s/60s. I have seen various styles of metal clasps before on 60s/70's fur coats. (maybe it was a British trend?) Your clasps are twist lock clasps (like those found on bags) and the hinged portion is called a hasp, as on travelling trunks etc.

The felted material in the first photo of your second post looks like a batting I have seen used inside coats that is used for insulation and structure-inforcement, it might be used to support the body and stop the pelt folding if it was relatively soft on its own for example. To look at the back of the fur pelt you would need to undo the hem of that lining and look underneath the batting.
I would suggest the lining fabric was acetate - it's quite distinctive in your photos and common for the era of this coat.
 
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There could have totally been skin underneath that brown portion, which does look like felt(thank you Melanie, that was escaping me) and if explained that was fabric I would have been sure there was skin underneath it as the fur itself does look real.

Also, the cream colored fabric that has the zig zag threading looks to me like it's covering skin and there's a number peeking through which could be the hide number.

The brown part does not look like skin though as stated.
 
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One could easily think 60s because this same style was seen in the later 60s - 66 and after. However the major difference is the larger notch style collar. Coat collars in the 60s were smaller; think ring collar, small square collars, and scoop collars.

Here's beautiful Cher in a very similar coat from 1967. Not the same shape nor the same fur but horizontal pelts with leather spacers in between. Notice the absence of the collar though.
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Next here's a coat from 1976. The shape is the very similar but I would not go on that alone because similar shapes were also seen in the later 60s but the larger notch style collar in addition to the shape tells me 70s.
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