Shorn fur
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Rue_de_la_Paix
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I usually look to see if the guard hairs, the fine tips of each strand, are present or have been sheared off. Sheared beaver is popular, not sure about mink.
Please post a picture if you can
The stoles look like squirrel to me. The chevron design I cannot tell by that one pic.
Thank you for the additional photos. As Mary Jane stated the first is squirrel fur and it looks like it's resting over a dark ranch mink fur coat. The Fur label authority label dates the cape post 1956, and it looks like it dates to the 60s. The dark ranch mink coat looks like it dates to the 80s. The last photo appears to show the sleeves of two furs. The lighter colored sleeve looks like mink and the second sleeve looks possum.
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Opossum? I’m getting a lesson today
Yes on the dark ranch mink coat
Yes on first sleeve is mink. It’s the chevron sleeve that you’ve led me in a new direction.
Thank you most kindly
What does the color autumn haze look like?
Question: if you take faux fur and real fur, burn them in a dish, what reaction can I expect? I’ve lost my sense of smell so gotta have another guide
Yes on the dark ranch mink coat
Yes on first sleeve is mink. It’s the chevron sleeve that you’ve led me in a new direction.
Thank you most kindly
What does the color autumn haze look like?
Question: if you take faux fur and real fur, burn them in a dish, what reaction can I expect? I’ve lost my sense of smell so gotta have another guide
I know that guard hairs are part of fur bearing animals. In the alpaca we try to breed out the coarseness of the guard hair. Guard hair disqualifies a fiber show winner.
There is a marked difference in alpaca fiber and its guard hair. The micron we breed for is 20 or less. Guard hours are 30 + and make product itchy to the skin like wool
Is the guard hair on a mink significantly higher in micron than the base fiber?
There is a marked difference in alpaca fiber and its guard hair. The micron we breed for is 20 or less. Guard hours are 30 + and make product itchy to the skin like wool
Is the guard hair on a mink significantly higher in micron than the base fiber?
Possums and opossums are two different animals.
Here’s a little info about possum fur as well as a photo of possum, and a link to the section of our fur resource where you can see the detail I’ve shared here about possum.
Australian Ringtail Possum: Found in Eastern Coastal Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania. Named for the curve at the end of its tail. They are the size of a house cat and generally gray brown beige on the belly with a white patch behind the ears.
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Here’s some information about opossum as well as a photo, and link to opossum in our fur resource. Yours is not opossum.
The opossum is from North America and Central America, and is is often confused with its cousin the possum which is from Australia and also now inhabits New Zealand. American opossum is considered a pest by many as it lives in grassy lands, is often found hunting in urban waste bins, commonly crosses the road at the wrong time, and winds up being roadkill after being hit by vehicles.
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Autumn Haze mink is a lighter brown shade of mutation mink created by Emba; a mink breeder’s association that came about in 1942.
Genuine fur burns and smells like hair, turns to fine ash, and dissipates.
Synthetic fur burns more slowly and melts.
With regards to microns; a micrometer tool may be used to determine the diameter, or density of fur fibers per square inch. The guard hair of mink and the underfur has far less density.
The cuffs you showed a photo of is sheep. The brown fur that looks like it may be a hat is sable. The center of the white hat that is slightly peppered is blue fox and what looks like it may be the rim of the hat looks like it’s mink.
Here’s a little info about possum fur as well as a photo of possum, and a link to the section of our fur resource where you can see the detail I’ve shared here about possum.
Australian Ringtail Possum: Found in Eastern Coastal Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania. Named for the curve at the end of its tail. They are the size of a house cat and generally gray brown beige on the belly with a white patch behind the ears.
Possum - Vintage Fashion Guild
Australian Possum: The possum is often confused with it’s cousin, the opossum. The fur of possum is a bit silkier though. It feels soft and has a slightly singed like appearance due to fur damage that it has most of the year. Possum fur is naturally shades of deep brown, rusty brown, and a rich …
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Here’s some information about opossum as well as a photo, and link to opossum in our fur resource. Yours is not opossum.
The opossum is from North America and Central America, and is is often confused with its cousin the possum which is from Australia and also now inhabits New Zealand. American opossum is considered a pest by many as it lives in grassy lands, is often found hunting in urban waste bins, commonly crosses the road at the wrong time, and winds up being roadkill after being hit by vehicles.
Fur & Exotic Skin - Vintage Fashion Guild
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Autumn Haze mink is a lighter brown shade of mutation mink created by Emba; a mink breeder’s association that came about in 1942.
Genuine fur burns and smells like hair, turns to fine ash, and dissipates.
Synthetic fur burns more slowly and melts.
With regards to microns; a micrometer tool may be used to determine the diameter, or density of fur fibers per square inch. The guard hair of mink and the underfur has far less density.
The cuffs you showed a photo of is sheep. The brown fur that looks like it may be a hat is sable. The center of the white hat that is slightly peppered is blue fox and what looks like it may be the rim of the hat looks like it’s mink.
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I’m indebted to your kind information. My mother lived her furs. I have been fortunate to have a variety if my own. The reason I gave some other items that my known us limited is that they belonged to my friends. We live in a retirement community after we sold our alpaca breeding farm. We decide to make a donation collection of furs no longer needed for our foundation . I’m up to thirty jackets, stroller, coats, capes and stoles.
Some are labeled with the house that sold them. Many do not have a label. Your input is most useful in creating a provenance for each garment.
Thank you sgsin
Some are labeled with the house that sold them. Many do not have a label. Your input is most useful in creating a provenance for each garment.
Thank you sgsin
