Help to Identify Fur Trim please

[Joanne]

Hi Vintage experts,
I have this wool jacket from The House of Erdrich and the Alaskan Fur Company in Houston. There is also a tag reading "National Recovery Board - Coat and Suit Industry" - I'm thinking late 1940s. I'm Australian, so not familiar with US industry tags, although I'm assuming it's a post WW2 initiative. The lining is amazing - flocked lambs on satin. The fur is very thick and dense, all the one length. At first I thought it was artificial because it's so dense, but it's definitely on hide. I have checked the fur identification resource but it didn't look like any of the photos. I'm thinking it's possibly sheared as it's all the one length. Any ideas? Who knows about Alaskan fur?

 

[ReilVintage]

I love this lining! So cute. I am no fur expert. I take mine to the cleaner/fur vault we have here in Ohio and Rose the woman who works there is a gem and always identifies my fur

 

[furwise]

Hi Joanne, I love your jacket. The fur trim is mouton. To help you with the dating can you tell me if the shoulders are padded, are those set in sleeves or raglan?

 

[Joanne]

Thanks ladies. What kind of animal is mouton? (Sounds like mutton, so I'm thinking sheep!) Will Google. The shoulders are not padded. The upper sleeve is cut in one with the front and back pieces, like a magyar sleeve, with a separate piece for the lower sleeve. There is a seam at centre back. Also, am I likely to have trouble with US customs?

 

[furwise]

Your welcome and thank you for that additional information.

Mouton is sheared lamb or sheep. Same animal, lamb is under 12 months, sheep is over. I suspect yours is mouton lamb because of the little lambs on the lining.

I would date your jacket to be a 50s/60s cusper. The shape of yours along with the patch pockets was seen by the late 50s but the trend of smaller collars became more popular in the 60s.

 

[bycinbyhand]

Furwise RULZ!!

 

[Joanne]

Thank you, Caryn. That's great.