Another Harris Tweed coat

I just saw the other post on a Harris Tweed coat and @Ken at Aero 's insight made me want to ask about my own coat. I judged it to be from the 70s-early 80s given the woolmark logo and Fairbrooke font. The bolt number is very faint but I'm pretty sure it's only six digits -- it looks like "327980." What I think I got from @Ken at Aero 's insight on the serial numbers on the HT tag in another thread, is that the fabric might be . Wondering if it's possible to date the fabric itself, if it could even be a couple decades older than the coat.


If that's the case, (following what was said in the other thread) the fabric would be likely be from before 1950, even though the coat is several decades younger? Is that right?

 

Thanks, I'm pretty confident it is 70's, just another user had some insight on the serial numbers on the HT tag in another thread. Wondering if it's possible to date the fabric itself, if it could even be a couple decades older than the coat.

 

This particular Harris Tweed Label would have been woven in USA and numbered in USA, Design dates from the 50s but might well have been used for yeasrs
So it could be an original 50s label or it could be a reproduction of one(Looks very sharp)
Tweed may well have be old stock at the time and the numbers ....which I can't read...are correct

My own company has permission from The HT Authority to replicaste their 1934-39 Label on our current production Harris Tweed garments (These will no doubt confuse in the distant future)
On the other hand labels can often sit around a factoryfor decades and get used much later than they were made
All this makes dating from a label alone very prone to error. Bottom Line re your coat Style is pure 70s/80s crossover. Maker's label is also typical of period

 

Appreciate you sharing all that! It's really fascinating. All those idiosyncrasies of how clothes are made, I mean, when you're outside production, everything feels so intentional and seamless (pun intended). Imagining all those different elements puts even more history into these textiles -- like, they've been through so many past lives.