FUR JACKET
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
This short fur jacket has a rolled collar and three-quarter length dolman sleeves. The fur is a sable from Canada. Eight tails hang from the hem. Each tail is approximately seven inches long. There are four tails on each side at the underarm seam. A fastener is located midway down the front; it consists of two corded balls approximately three-quarter inches in diameter with black metal snaps. The garment also fastens at the bottom edge with a fur covered button and fabric loop. The lining is brown, patterned, silk brocade. The name Marjorie Post is stitched in dark brown thread in the middle of the right front lining.
- Object name:
- FUR JACKET
- Made from:
- Sable -- silk brocade
- Made in:
- USA
- Date made:
- 1964-1973
- Size:
- H. 19 in. (shoulder to hem front); H. 19 in. (shoulder to hem back); Dia. 34 in. (hem circumference)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 48.1
- Class:
- COSTUME
- Signature marks:
- LABEL: FUR LABEL AUTHORITY / FUR / CONSUMER F L PROTECTION / A / MANUFACTURED UNDER / FAIR LABOR STANDARDS [in sleeve] NAME: Marjorie Post [in script in brown thread on middle of right front lining]
- Credit line:
- Gift of Mrs. Ellen Charles, 1995