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Light brown-beige overcoat; blue plaid lining; turnover collar with self facing; double breasted. Six pairs large buttons; cuffs; two flap pockets; raw hewn.
overcoats (outerwear)
wool (textile)
Overcoat
Overcoat
Handwritten note in lining: ""This coat (including the plaid lining) was made about 1840 for Joseph Philbrick of Seabrook, NH from cloth spun, colored and woven at Judge Joseph Philbrick's of Weare, NH before 1825. Estate of Mrs. O.F. Swasey, Beverly, Mass.""
Unknown
Gift of George O. Swasey and Clara Swasey Woodberry
1949.15
New Hampshire (United States)
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