Product code: 1920s Salt’s Seal Plush Faux Fur shops Coat Vintage Flapper Era with Fox trim silk
Fashionable ladies coat from the flapper era. Trim is in real fur, guessing fox In the late 19th Century, various textile firms in England moved parts of their production across the Atlantic, to avoid the McKinley tariff, the high barrier erected by the US government shops against imported goods. The Salts Mill company was one such firm. While sustaining its Saltaire business, it created a plush factory at Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1890. Plush is a woven fabric with a pile similar to velvet; “seal plush", a fashionable material at the time, was valued for its resemblance to seal skin It is very rare that surviving examples of seal plush coats, associated with Salts, come on to the market. Made of Seal Plush which was one of the earliest fake furs produced. Real seal was very expensive and this faux fur made of silk velvet was very popular at the turn of the century. Trimmed in fox fur, flaw in the top leather collar as photographed where it has split and fur needs to be combed Straigh.
Fashionable ladies coat from the flapper era. Trim is in real fur, guessing fox In the late 19th Century, various textile firms in England moved parts of their production across the Atlantic, to avoid the McKinley tariff, the high barrier erected by the US government shops against imported goods. The Salts Mill company was one such firm. While sustaining its Saltaire business, it created a plush factory at Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1890. Plush is a woven fabric with a pile similar to velvet; “seal plush", a fashionable material at the time, was valued for its resemblance to seal skin It is very rare that surviving examples of seal plush coats, associated with Salts, come on to the market. Made of Seal Plush which was one of the earliest fake furs produced. Real seal was very expensive and this faux fur made of silk velvet was very popular at the turn of the century. Trimmed in fox fur, flaw in the top leather collar as photographed where it has split and fur needs to be combed Straigh.