Uncut, still on the original roll from the fabric store, this 1 inch wide white fur was Made in the USA by Trimtex. It is 3 and 2/3 yards in length. This type of trim is perfect for embellishing pillows, handbags, ottomans, stuffed characters and a wide variety of home décor items. Photos are shown of the front and backs sides of this trim, along with a quarter to show the relative size.
It has never been used and is in Mint Condition, ready to be a superb accent for you, however you choose to use it.
There are no faded areas, snags, odors or issues of any kind.
I unrolled it completely to check the entire piece for quality, to get the length for this listing and then rolled it again onto the plastic holder.
To find this type of fur trim today at a fabric store you would pay far more for less quality.
I purchased this as part of the remaining inventory from a fabric and notions store that had gone out of business years ago. Please check out my other listings for some wonderful sewing supplies that are in Excellent Vintage Condition.
The Trimtex company has a fascinating history, according to the following online article: Vintage https://shopthrilling. com/collections/all-day-all-night-vintage buys Trimtex Inventory, Posted by Nick Mariotti on June 26, 2019
"Vintage Trims purchased truckloads of vintage trimmings from the long closed TrimTex factory in Williamsport, PA. Williamsport was the "hub" of the United States Trimming industry from 1900 into the 1990's. Trimtex started operations in 1919 and had 60, 000 patterns that came off over 6, 000 braid and trim making machines. At it's peak the company employed over 400 people and had revenue upwards of $200 million a year. Sales declined as fewer people sewed, and the building was finally shut in about 2007. The trim inventory remained untouched at the building at 400 Park Avenue in historic downtown Williamsport.
As the textile industry left central Pennsylvania for the southern United States then overseas the way trims were sold changed forever. In the past the cards or rolls would be sold in retail dime stores and fabric shoppes across the USA by the yard. Shoppers would cut off the yardage they needed and stores would stock hundreds of styles. Today, with trims being made in low labor country, trims are sold in small yardage rolls at big-box retailers. Many trims are packaged in one yard or two yard increments to get to the selling price point the big retailers need. They frequently only sell the best selling trims which make the more unusual trims harder to find.
Vintage https://shopthrilling. com/collections/all-day-all-night-vintage at the time was based in Fergus Falls, Minnesota had built its business on finding warehouses of original fabric trims made in the 1950s and later that used higher quality materials not found today. They stock thousands of unusual and hard to find trims. In fact one grouping of trims from Trimtex was found marked with the dates of manufacture on them from the period 1957 to 1968, and we offer them by the date made. This is literally a trim museum that you can buy trims from the exact day of manufacture.
The advantage of vintage trims is they tend to be better constructed using higher quality materials than today's trims. There are also colors and patterns not seen for generations."
This item is sold from a vintage boutique in Bradenton, FL.
