From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, this English dark gray wool suit is from the mid-1700s. It's a good example of the sort of clothes a somewhat successful merchant or a well-to-do farmer might own.

The cuffs and the coat interior are lined with plain tan silk, to allow the coat to go on over the shirt without pulling.

I like seeing something a little more common like this, rather than just the aristocratic stuff.

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