Own Name 155: 1930s Sweet Uncut Toddler Boys Romper Size 2 Vintage Sewing Pattern
Original 1933 Own Name Pattern No. 155 - Child's Rompers With Drop Seat
Original 1933 Own Name Pattern No. 155 for a child's rompers with drop seat, an Own Name pattern produced by the New York Pattern Company. Closed at center-back, with an attached collar and set-in sleeves that may be made long or short. Size 2 Years (21" Breast). Factory Folded and Unused.
Quick Facts
- Pattern Number: Own Name No. 155
- Year: 1933
- Garment: Child's Rompers With Drop Seat
- Size: 2 Years (21" Breast)
- Condition: Factory Folded
- Glassine Envelope: Included, stamped Barron Bros. of Texas - a little worn
Design
Own Name Pattern 155 closes at center-back and has an attached collar with set-in sleeves that may be made long or short, as shown in the illustration with a contrasting polka-dot collar and ruffled cuffs over a plain romper body. This size takes 1¼ yards of 35-inch fabric (1⅜ yards of 32-inch, or 1 yard of 39-inch) for the short-sleeved version with contrasting collar and cuffs, or 1⅞ yards of 35-inch for the long-sleeved version. Also requires ½ yard of 35-inch contrasting material for the collar and cuffs, plus 1¾ yards of plaiting for the ruffle trim. The pattern has 8 pieces, cut with one-half pattern provided and the collar and cuffs made single or double.
A Moment in Fashion History
The drop-seat romper was a workhorse of the 1930s nursery, practical enough for a toddler still being changed and dressed several times a day, but the contrasting polka-dot collar and ruffled cuffs shown on this envelope gave it a touch of the same playful trim found on the era's dresses. 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, and its own envelope carries the printed "OWN NAME" trademark. 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.
