Marjorie,
There are not clips on my little critter. I checked it again and there
doesn't appear that clips were removed. Have you seen the critters lined up
side by side and worn over the shoulder?
The second fur, the collar, has two to three milk pelts. There are strong,
covered metal clips on the ends. Something strange about this one...the
back has a wide satin ribbon from the label to the clips. One side of the
collar has the ribbon that has a baste stitch middle/halfway to the lining.
I thought at first that the ribbon loops were for the wearer to place her
arms through. But the area of looping is too small. Also I can't figure
out why there is basting on one side of the looping.
One of the fur hats is very unusual. The hat is kind of pill box shaped.
It has a foundation of the same stiff netting like the beaded gown sleeves.
See the photos in my previous message. I really like the hat because it
reminds me of autumn (my favorite season.) The hat is sectioned with six
beige fading to brown velvet leaves. Between the leaves are six strips of
red fur, probably fox. The top of the hat has two more leaves and a small
beige bow.
I have been collecting hats and photographing other collections to go
online. I love hats and have been collecting them for years. I
deliberately did not try to date them because they were my guilty pleasure.
Since going to estate sales, I have been buying up a lot of hats. (My
husband jokes that we have a museum in the house.) H-costumer, Kathleen
Mitchell, is going to help me date the hats. I still have a lot of photos
from VCU's 20th Century hat collection to go online. I am not going to put
my hats online until I complete the VCU hats. Right now, I am working on
those photos until Nov. 1, then I switch mode to a new antique bridal
website.
Thank you very much for the grammar correction. It has been a long day and
I didn't proofread my first message.
Penny Ladnier
Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites
www.costumegallery.com
11 websites of fashion, textiles, costume history
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