Help to date & identify pelt - possibly 1940s "I. Magnin"

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Gayle Atkins

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Hi all

This popped into my lap this week. It looks like it's from the 1940s. The pelt looks like shearling but is quite cropped and doesn't look like lamb/sheep skin, so maybe calf?

The label is I Magnin and embroidered on the lining is the word 'Duff'

It's a lovely thing - suffering a little on the shoulders (flaking) and has one button missing. I still love it.

I wonder if someone can give me a rough date and help identifying the fur. Thank you so much :)

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It appears to be broadtail lamb, if it is real fur. I am not seeing 1940s, it looks later to me. The shoulders area where it is flaking almost looks like this could be a good quality faux fur. Can you determine if there is skin under the fur?
 
Yes - you could all be right. The coat feels like a cropped shearling but the cracking on the shoulders (it's difficult to get right to the centre of the crack) doesn't seem to reveal any skin. The reason I thought it was earlier than 1970s was the label; also doing a bit of googling suggests that the embroidered 'Duff' might elude to collections by Lady Duff Gordon but I think that her designs are much earlier. Thanks all :)
 
We don't have an I. Magnin & co. label in our resources from the 1970s, the two that look closest to this are one from the 60s and another from the 80s. I don't see this as 80s. I can't see that monogram having to do with Lady Duff as she died in 1935. Might just have been another client with that family name.
 
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