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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Morgan Ofori

‘Pristine’ 200-year-old Faroese sweater found at UK’s National Archives

The red sweater
The item was described by the sender as a ‘sweater for sleeping’. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

A 200-year-old sweater in a style closely resembling Faroese national dress has been found in “pristine” condition among a stash of 19th-century letters at the National Archives.

The jumper was intended for a woman in Denmark but never reached its destination because the vessel on which it was being transported was seized by the Royal Navy during the second battle of Copenhagen in 1807.

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