#6546 $2,500
Swakara lamb coat with celebrity provenance, 1970s
This incredibly chic coat belonged to Broadway stage actress Peggy Cass, best known for her performance as Agnes Gooch in Auntie Mame on Broadway and later in the film. The role earned her both the Tony Award and the Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. The picture below shows Cass in a playbill for Neil Simon's Broadway play Plaza Suite in February, 1970.
The coat is fashioned from luxurious, black curly Swakara lamb. Pelts of this superb quality are rare today. The fur is lightweight, supple, and elegant—ideal for the stylish cut of the coat.
The collar and hem border are luxurious black fox. Persian lamb coats of this quality retail at $5,000-$12,000 new today. Not only is the coat a great buy, you will also have documented celebrity connection to the world of theater when you wear this beauty.
The coat is lined with black satin and closes in front with four faceted jet buttons that sparkle like rhinestones. There is a modish wide belt at the waist as well as diagonal set-in pockets in front.
The coat, which was custom made for Cass, does not have a label. Written provenance with pictures of Cass will be included with the coat.
The condition is excellent. The coat, carefully stored with a furrier, is clean and ready to wear.
It measures: 40" bust, 32" waist, 42" hip, 23" sleeve length, and 48" from the shoulder to the waist. I did not give a shoulder seam to shoulder seam measurement because the sleeves are raglan cut.
