amandainvermont
VFG Member
It’s possum I believe, not as plush as mink. It has pockets in the front and those extensions can be folded over and snapped closed to create mini muffs for each hand. (second photo) 50’s? 40's? (she asks hopefully)
Era of this fur shrug/wrap/shawl/whatzit?
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Beehive Vintage Goods
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Very nice. Looks similar in fur to the one I posted about yesterday, which appears to be squirrel. If you look at the Fur Resource on the main VFG page, it does not look like opposum at all.
<a href="http://www.vintagefashionguild.org/content/view/640/97/"target="_blank">This is the opposum link
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<a href="http://www.vintagefashionguild.org/content/view/649/97/"target="_blank">This is the squirrel
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<a href="http://www.vintagefashionguild.org/content/view/640/97/"target="_blank">This is the opposum link
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<a href="http://www.vintagefashionguild.org/content/view/649/97/"target="_blank">This is the squirrel
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themerchantsofvintage
Alumni
What a cool wrap Amanda and your model is so sweet! Not much help on the fur id, but I'm seeing older than 50s for the dating.
amandainvermont
VFG Member
Good call on the squirrel! (Sorry Marie) . I wonder why I was so sure it was opossum.
I found a wrap like one listed like it on eBay - 400018851250 - She's calling it vintage Russian squirrel (a take-off on Russian sable?) and she says hers is "dyed a sable color." ???
I found a wrap like one listed like it on eBay - 400018851250 - She's calling it vintage Russian squirrel (a take-off on Russian sable?) and she says hers is "dyed a sable color." ???
cmpollack
VFG Member
the built in muff is SO cool...
I'd guess 40s. I have a 40s marmot cape (easy to date 'cause of the boxy, padded shoulders) which has the same longer, curve-hemmed front section, and the same quasi-sleevelike shoulder treatments, which on mine are just a little longer and match the handwarming function of your roll-and-snap muff with elastic gathers at the bottom.
I'd guess 40s. I have a 40s marmot cape (easy to date 'cause of the boxy, padded shoulders) which has the same longer, curve-hemmed front section, and the same quasi-sleevelike shoulder treatments, which on mine are just a little longer and match the handwarming function of your roll-and-snap muff with elastic gathers at the bottom.
APrizeEveryTime
VFG Special Friend
Oh, Amanda, that is beautiful! What a nifty muff feature! And so perfect for the glamourpuss with cold hands.
i would think that would be earlier than 40's though...
vertugarde
Alumni
I think this is late 1950's by the shape and the sleeve length. What kind of poppers does it have and what is the lining like?