Pinkcoke
Alumni
I think this coat is so 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe'!
From my first impressions (definetly not experience I've hardly handled any furs) I think it could be 50's 60's in the style of label, but it has very characteristic sleeves that balloon out above the cuffs on the outsides only with the cuffs turned up (does this have a name?) they are much more exaggerated than the photos show unfortunately (you can see it a bit better on the right sleeve of the reverse photo), if it wasn't so low down on the sleeve I'd say that's where your elbow went but I think it's part of the design to be at the wrist. This isn't something I've seen before but makes me think it could be earlier.
Looking at the furs on the resource I'm not much wiser on the fur - several options I see are:
marmot (though it doesn't look as silky or a similar colour to any examples shown)
fitch/ferret
mink? It resembles the patterns and colour but doesn't look as long in the hairs. Maybe sheared but I don't know how to recognise sheared fur.
rex rabbit? this might fit the pelt length better which I think is a bit short for a lot of the above unless they were purposely cut shorter to make the stripes line up better.
The biggest clue might be that I think there is more than one stripe to a pelt; it is hard to tell but the pelts look quite wide to me - maybe I just can't find the join or do any of the above have this stripey fur? I particularly like the way the stripes run across the back of the collar in contrast to the back.
I've not been able to locate any info on Consort furs, I just get cars and some music! Can anyone throw some light on any of the above? I can look at fur pictures till my eyes get crossed but I don't know.
From my first impressions (definetly not experience I've hardly handled any furs) I think it could be 50's 60's in the style of label, but it has very characteristic sleeves that balloon out above the cuffs on the outsides only with the cuffs turned up (does this have a name?) they are much more exaggerated than the photos show unfortunately (you can see it a bit better on the right sleeve of the reverse photo), if it wasn't so low down on the sleeve I'd say that's where your elbow went but I think it's part of the design to be at the wrist. This isn't something I've seen before but makes me think it could be earlier.
Looking at the furs on the resource I'm not much wiser on the fur - several options I see are:
marmot (though it doesn't look as silky or a similar colour to any examples shown)
fitch/ferret
mink? It resembles the patterns and colour but doesn't look as long in the hairs. Maybe sheared but I don't know how to recognise sheared fur.
rex rabbit? this might fit the pelt length better which I think is a bit short for a lot of the above unless they were purposely cut shorter to make the stripes line up better.
The biggest clue might be that I think there is more than one stripe to a pelt; it is hard to tell but the pelts look quite wide to me - maybe I just can't find the join or do any of the above have this stripey fur? I particularly like the way the stripes run across the back of the collar in contrast to the back.
I've not been able to locate any info on Consort furs, I just get cars and some music! Can anyone throw some light on any of the above? I can look at fur pictures till my eyes get crossed but I don't know.
