Flora Mason’s rabbit fur coat, 1945

A dark brown rabbit fur coat with light tan coloured fabric lining. The coat comprises many small rectangular rabbit pelts sewn together. Light and dark areas of fur give the coat a striped appearance, especially on the sleeves. A section of lining has been cut away from the hemline making it shorter than the outer fur layer. The lining is pinned to the coat in several places. The underside of some pelts and hand-stitched white fabric tape is visible along the hemline. A single hook and loop closure fastens the coat at the chest.