Curly Lamb or Something Else... Fur on 20s Cape?

[dorotheascloset]

Coarse and curly, rather unusual compared to the types of fur I'm used to seeing. Just curly lamp/sheep fur or something else?

Thanks! Ang

 

[joules]

Looks like sheep to me. The color of the velvet is heavenly!

 

[thevintagebungalow]

Isn't that Mongolian sheep fur??

 

[vertugarde]

It looks like what is known as long haired Mongolian lamb. I have never seen a coat from that period with that trim but that's not to say it wasn't used then. I believe the regions that produced this fur for were involved in export at the time.

I am sure Ang that you have checked that it isn't a later addition where it could have been a remodelled coat - like the iconic hippie embroidered coat from the mid 1960's.

 

[dorotheascloset]

Nope, its original, uniform thread and the velvet folds and backs the fur. Mongolian lamb it is then! Thanks!

Ang

 

[The Vintage Merchant]

talk about dramatic! wow~!!!!!

 

[poppysvintageclothing]

Drop-dead gorgeous!!!