Vintage Tappe Mode overcoat?

[Robin balladares]

Hello,
I recently found this coat at goodwill and I'm very curious about this brand, Tappe Mode. I haven't been able to find much about them aside from the founder. Google hasn't given me interesting results, I found all the info I know through the resources on this forum. If anyone could estimate what year it might be from that would be amazing.

I'm not very knowledgeable on fabrics and how to tell what is what, but I will give my best descriptions.
The interior is black and has one deep pocket. There aren't any pockets on the outside. The tag says "Tappe Mode Inc 9th west 57th street New York". The outside has this lovely red embroidery. The pictures attached are my boyfriend modeling it, he is 5'9.
One of the sleeves lining is partially ripped at the armpit, but looks like a very easy fix. There is one small black metal clasp at the collar, no other clasps or buttons.

Thank you for any help!

 

[Vintagiality]

I am seeing quite a few articles from the teens and 1920s about Tappe Inc. it appears Herman Tappe was a milliner and eventually did gowns and coats. What is weird is that so far I haven’t been able to locate him at that address but rather at 25 W 57th St where he moved in 1912. He had a business before that which went bankrupt because he couldn’t bother collecting his money from all the various ladies. He was at one point indicted for smuggling hats from Europe along with his hat model and avoiding customs taxes. He also claimed that he started his first business with money he received from JP Morgan who he supposedly knew through Mrs Morgan. He married a wealthy woman and wrote style articles for a magazine. This and much much more. I will come back later and add to the story and try to find out about the address on your label.

 

[Vintagiality]

Ok I found a reference from May 1, 1917 that Tappe leased 9 W 57th St for 21 years which was a five story residence and was to be transformed completely. I am still not sure if he also had #25 because many ads had that address even after

The first ad at 9 W I see is from 1920

 

[Vintagiality]

There is a full page crazy story of how he played some elaborate prank on one of his sales ladies on April Fools 1920 pretending that a Hungarian princess would come shop with them. The thing went on for three days and the saleswoman was so distraught at the end that she sued Herman Tappe for a huge amount of money

 

[Vintagiality]

You can’t make this stuff up!

Then in 1922, a huge fire broke out at the store and 300 girls had to slide down on ropes and makeshift ropes made of gowns and jump on roofs trying to escape the building which had no fire escapes. Over $40,000 of merchandise was damaged and Herman Tappe attributed the bad luck to a one-eyed Angora cat that one of the sale girls had adopted the previous week. The article reported that the cat didn’t make it. Apparently a fox terrier saved the day by barking in alarm

Most of the damage was done to gowns for Mrs George Vanderbilt, Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt and Mrs WR Hearst.

The incident was reported by newspapers all over the country as far as Washington state

 

[poppysvintageclothing]

Fascinating! Lovely find! Looks 1920s to me. It looks like velvet

 

[Rue_de_la_Paix]

What great stories! And a beautiful coat. I agree with 1920s. I have had a few Tappe hats and they were fabulous in look and quality.