Own Name 170: 1930s Uncut Misses Coat Dress Sz 36 Bust Vintage Sewing Pattern
Original 1933 Own Name Pattern No. 170 - Ladies' and Misses' Coat-Dress and Scarf
Original 1933 Own Name Pattern No. 170 for a women's coat-dress and scarf in ladies' and misses' sizing, an Own Name pattern produced by the New York Pattern Company. The dress closes at left side-front, with underfaced fronts that roll to form revers or button up, long set-in sleeves with a short-sleeve option, a four-piece circular skirt pressed in a plait at each side of center-front, a removable belt, and a patch pocket. Size 18. Factory Folded and Unused.
Quick Facts
- Pattern Number: Own Name No. 170
- Year: 1933
- Garment: Ladies' and Misses' Coat-Dress and Scarf
- Size: 18 Years (36" Bust, 39" Hip)
- Condition: Factory Folded
- Glassine Envelope: Included, stamped Barron Bros. of Texas - a little worn
Design
Own Name Pattern 170 is a coat-dress, closing at the left side-front with underfaced fronts that either roll into revers or button all the way up, giving it the buttoned-down look of a coat. Long set-in sleeves are provided, perforated to convert to a short sleeve. Below the waist, a four-piece circular skirt is pressed in a plait at each side of center-front and attached under a removable belt, finished with a patch pocket. A separate scarf is included. Width at the lower edge runs about 1¾ yards, and in this size the dress measures 47 inches at center-back from neck to lower edge, including a 2-inch hem. Size 18 takes 3¾ yards of 39-inch fabric (or 4¼ yards of 35-inch, or 2½ yards of 54-inch) for the long-sleeved version, or 3⅞ yards of 35-inch for the short-sleeved version, plus ⅞ yard of 39-inch fabric for the scarf. The pattern has 10 pieces.
A Moment in Fashion History
The coat-dress answered a very practical 1930s problem: a single garment that read as put-together as a coat and dress worn together, without the layering. Buttoned to the neck it had the crisp, tailored look of outerwear; rolled open into revers, worn with the included scarf tucked at the throat, it softened into something dressier. This is an Own Name pattern: the New York Pattern Company issued these envelopes without its usual branding, so that a department or dry-goods store could sell them as a house line. This copy comes from that world. Its original glassine envelope survives, stamped Barron Bros. of Texas, the small dry-goods store where the pattern was originally sold. The glassine usually took the brunt of decades of handling damage before the envelope did, so a surviving glassine, even a worn one, is a genuine rarity.
Connections
This pattern is part of our ongoing exhibit, In Name Only - a growing collection of New York Patterns and Own Name Patterns from the 1930s. Come take a look.
