Suit, 1770–80, probably British, wool, silk, cotton, This elegant suit reflects the relative simplicity and informality of

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Suit, 1770–80, probably British, wool, silk, cotton, This elegant suit reflects the relative simplicity and informality of eighteenth-century British menswear, which came to influence fashionable dress throughout Europe in the latter half of the 1700s. The comparatively plain and practical style was seen as an alternative to the lavishly embroidered and ornately patterned suits of the French mode

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