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Newbury Coat, West Berkshire Museum
 
   
Newbury Coat, West Berkshire Museum
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Brief Description: The Newbury Coat
 
Full Description: The Newbury coat, on display in the West Berkshire Museum, Newbury. The coat was made in one day, from the shearing of the sheep to the final tailoring. It beat the record of thirteen hours, twenty minutes, set in 1811, when the cloth was woven at Mills.
 
Collection: West Berkshire Museum
Subject: object, clothing, coat
Content Type: clothing
Location: West Berkshire Museum
Local Ref: NEBYM:1992.4
Unique ID: wb-nm-1992_4-i-00-000.tif
 
 
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