Can anybody help me identify this old coat or where/when it could have possibly come from?

by wtfisthiscoat

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I found this at a small comic book shop a few years ago and the owner's son didn't know where it had come from. It may be a reenactment piece but I haven't found anything similar to it.

colevintage

It's likely a fairly modern theatrical piece. The zig-zag machine stitch used to make buttonholes by machine wasn't commonly in available until the 1960s, though specific machines for that stitch only are around in the 1940s. The label, while hard to read most of, seems to say "theatre" on the second line.

StrappedDownTight

There are machine-made stitches clearly visible on the red piping, attaching the white, faded label to the inside collar, and connecting various pieces of the garment. The first practical sewing machine that was put into widespread use by tailors was patented in 1830, so this likely wasn't produced before then.