shaeshepherd
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Hi! I recently inherited an aquascutum cashmere/wool coat and want to know:
a) what year or range of years it was likely manufactured and sold,
b) what kind of material/fur is on the epaulettes (hoping I'm using the correct term); is it cashmere, wool, a combo, or is it something different and wasn't included on the label for some reason?
The previous owner moved to Alberta, Canada in the mid-1960s, so that lines up with the label for Henry Singer (which still operates in Edmonton). I would personally guess 1965-1979 but that's a wide range that I would love to narrow down. I reviewed other Aquascutum posts on this forum and found some possibly useful reference material to determine the age. This post has a coat with similar tags and folks there think it's late 60s or early 70s. This post has what I assume are more modern tags and drops the "Queen Mother" component on the collar tag, so I'm guessing that makes it newer than the one I have. Meanwhile this discussion is over a coat with several matching features (the orange paper tag inside a pocket, the stitched size patch, even the mysterious XXX or XXL on the collar tag) - folks there thought that one was late 70s. The patch identifying how to clean and its materials on the one I have though is different and imo looks older than the one in that post, so perhaps that means the one I have is early 70s rather than late 70s? EDIT: Just found a label bank that has a pretty near identical label for Aquascutum that is dated for early 1980s.
As for the fur, I have no idea how to figure that out.
I've attached images of the coat, close-up of one epaulette, and every tag. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
a) what year or range of years it was likely manufactured and sold,
b) what kind of material/fur is on the epaulettes (hoping I'm using the correct term); is it cashmere, wool, a combo, or is it something different and wasn't included on the label for some reason?
The previous owner moved to Alberta, Canada in the mid-1960s, so that lines up with the label for Henry Singer (which still operates in Edmonton). I would personally guess 1965-1979 but that's a wide range that I would love to narrow down. I reviewed other Aquascutum posts on this forum and found some possibly useful reference material to determine the age. This post has a coat with similar tags and folks there think it's late 60s or early 70s. This post has what I assume are more modern tags and drops the "Queen Mother" component on the collar tag, so I'm guessing that makes it newer than the one I have. Meanwhile this discussion is over a coat with several matching features (the orange paper tag inside a pocket, the stitched size patch, even the mysterious XXX or XXL on the collar tag) - folks there thought that one was late 70s. The patch identifying how to clean and its materials on the one I have though is different and imo looks older than the one in that post, so perhaps that means the one I have is early 70s rather than late 70s? EDIT: Just found a label bank that has a pretty near identical label for Aquascutum that is dated for early 1980s.
As for the fur, I have no idea how to figure that out.
I've attached images of the coat, close-up of one epaulette, and every tag. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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