Is this a dyed mink coat from the 50s (?)

[laurenm]

Hi Everyone,
Just checking if this is mink that's been dyed in stripes? Also, the skins are sewn on an angle for the sleeves....is there a term for that?
Also, am I right on 50s or is that a 'fabrication' of my imagination and it's later....sorry, bad pun.

Sorry the lighting is not the greatest in these photos....
Lauren

 

[furwise]

Hi Lauren, It could have been color enhanced but it looks pretty natural from what I can see and looks like a shade of pastel brown. Sometimes there is a nice darker colored shade in the center of mink pelts. When furriers choose pelts to make a coat they do their best to match the pelts evenly, then cut those pelts into strips, then craft them back together in a let out technique, and that darker color shows in the center of each strip. The sleeves were crafted diagonally with horizontal loose or wide band cuffs. I would guess this coat to date to the 60s.

 

[catwalkcreative]

I agree with Caryn. Your lovely coat looks 1960s.

 

[laurenm]

Thanks both of you!