Robert C Wilkins Farnham Quebec - Mackinaw? Any info please

[robrinay]

Pictures to follow when it comes back from the dry cleaners on Saturday, (it smelled like a dusty attic), but meanwhile does anyone know anything about this maker? It's unlined, double breasted with a shawl collar and has a two button fastening belt in a coarse mainly dark grey wool.
Cheers
Rob



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[robrinay]

Pics now added - not sure if I want to keep it as I have a nicer looking raglan sleeve Harris Tweed overcoat which I prefer - so it may end up in classifieds.

 

[robrinay]

According to a renowned expert on these coats:
'The company was founded by Robert C. Wilkins in 1890 in Montreal, Quebec. They moved the factory to Farnham in 1911. They specialized in uniforms and mackinaw coats like yours. They kept producing until 1967, at which point they sold out. The brand name lasted into the early 1970s.'

 

[feltfan]

Wow, if that were my size I'd wear it proudly. Beautiful coat.

 

[KOOLKERNEY]

Beauty.