Half-Lined Overcoats?

[Quetzal]

Recently, I acquired two of my Grandfather's overcoats (they look more like top coats on me, but are not ridiculously short) from the 1960s, and one of these seems to be half-lined. I've also stumbled upon overcoats from the 1950s and 60s that are also only half-lined. Was there a particular reason why some overcoats would have been made this way?

-Quetzal

 

[tropicalbob]

I have an Austrian Loden coat from the 70's and it has a half-lining, mainly because, I would think, the material is sufficiently thick and a full liner would have made it a bit awkward to wear. Overcoats were made to be worn over suits or sports jackets.

 

[Dinerman]

In my experience, fully lined vintage overcoats are more of the exception. That's also true of suits prior to the 1970s.

Here's a sampling of lining styles from half-lined overcoats 1920s-1950s.