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Waistcoat

1770–89
Medium/TechniqueSilk; embroidery
Dimensions72 cm (28 3/8 in.); Legacy dimension: .72 from the shoulder to the bottom of the garment
Credit LineGift of the Misses Sara, Elizabeth Gaskell and Margaret Norton
Accession number17.1445
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceWorn by Mr. Matthew Ridley, a maternal ancestor of the donors, who died in 1789.
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