In 1846 Nursey leather opened in Bungay, Suffolk. Over the years the family-run firm's sheepskin coat won fans from Eric Clapton to Holly Willoughby and John Motson.
But the design created for Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Leese in the Second World War found its most famous role covering the shoulders of everyone's favourite TV chancer, Derek "Del Boy" Trotter on Only Fools and Horses.
But, as times changed, this wasn't enough to keep them prospering - with managing director Tim Nursey shutting the doors to the main factory back in 2015 after falling sales saw the company's workforce drop from a peak of 80 to just a tenth of that.
Things didn't end there though, because while they may have been down, like Del Boy, they always had a chance to come back.
Tim's son James - a former Mirror sports reporter - and his fiancée Marcella kept fighting, using the internet to keep the business alive and still making bespoke sheepskin and leather products.
And it's paying off, finding fans with a new generation of Instagram and reality TV stars thanks to its range of gilets, slippers, hats, headbands, bags and gloves.
TV presenter Helen Skelton wore their fingerless sheepskin gloves and peaked cap on BBC show Countryfile, while I'm A Celebrity contestant Rebekah Vardy shared a snap of the company's gloves on her Instagram account.
And while those sentences might have left the firm's founders utterly flummoxed, it means that the company has a fighting chance. And the original owners would have had no issues at all with the methods involved.
James, 41, said: “We want to try and keep making all our other sheepskin products for as long as possible because our loyal customers still love them.
“Everything is still made by hand on site in Bungay using the finest skins and to the same high standards."
And while much of the old factory has been turned into hairdressers and funeral parlours, the old workshop is still there on Upper Olland Street.
And that means, six generations on from opening, it has a chance of being around for the seventh.
Marcella, 39, said: "We feel we owe it to our children, Luca and Francesca, to try and keep the family heritage going as long as possible."
For more information visit: http://www.nurseysheepskin.co.uk
