Vintage Taylor Tailor Sign
So if your name happens to be Taylor, and you happen to have an interest in learning how to design and “tailor” your own clothes, and you happen to have a blog called TaylorTailor, AND you happen to like vintage signs…
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A couple of weeks ago an awesome reader sent me an e-mail about an auction for this sign. As you might expect, I just had to have it. Too perfect to pass up. The sign is from the early 1900’s, and while I can’t find much information about its origin, I believe it was from a company called J.L. Taylor & Co., which was a custom-made clothier in New York and Chicago. If anyone knows more about this company, I would love to know.
I’m going to proudly hang this up in my sewing studio this week…and then get back to work on my jacket pattern!
That is such a perfect sign!! What a great find!
Awesome auspicious alliterations!!!
Haha! That’s superb. 🙂
What a find!
Do you have any in-progress pictures of the jacket making?
Drew.
Hey Drew,
Thanks! I just have the pictures from my last post. I don’t have any step by step pictures of the jacket making if that’s what you mean. I’m still drafting and testing the fit of the pattern.
Taylor
I found a man’s coat with the J.L Taylor & Co. New York Chicago tag in it, It also has a FW logo in it…. The inside Tag says…. for F. Wiedman 9/30/41…. I would like to know if this coat has any value at all… The coat is in great condition and it looks almost like new… Also wondering who is this F Wiedman?
Wow, great sign (awesome find too!)
Oh this is awesome! Do put up some photos of it hanging in your workspace someday.
Love the sign, and think it could serve as inspiration for the leather branding tab for your jeans.
Awesome work by the way. I’d love to make a psir of jeans for my beau, but worry about the outcome. I must be passive-aggressive, because I sew like a compulsive psycho-bitch…too fast, too impatient and too sloppy to get my topstitching that tidy and perfect.
But you’ve inspired me to slow own and try, although I think I’ll make a pair for the baby first for practice. Wish me luck✌️
My great grandfather worked for J. L. Taylor from 1918-1922. I have the tailor case he used to store all his notions. What a great find!
K
That is awesome! Would love to see what that tailor case looks like.
Interesting, I just found a tape measure with the same wording, which led me here to your site after a quick Google search.
That’s awesome. I’d love to see pictures of the tape measure.