Crown Coat Front Co. Inc., 105 E. 16th St. between Irving Place and Union Square (1986)

Crown Coat Front was located at 105 E. 16 St. from 1947 to 1957/58.

A coat front is defined by George E. Linton (The Modern Textile and Apparel Dictionary, Fourth Revised and Enlarged Edition, 1973) as "Trade term for a built-up stiffening or shape-retaining interlining for the fronts of coats, made of stitched layers of haircloth, felt and canvas."

For the Nov. 2002 condition of this sign click here. A few details have been lost and the color is considerably faded.

Frank Jump has a nice photograph of Crown Coat Front and the Carl Fischer Musical Instruments sign next to it on his website at http://www.frankjump.com.

Crown Coat Front was involved in a law suit with the US government regarding canteen covers provided in 1956. The suit was argued before the Supreme Court in 1967.

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