Man's waistcoat with a 3-inch (7.5 cm) standing collar, revers, straight fronts and hems, reaching to the waist. There are no pockets or pocket welts. The fronts, collar and revers are made of black silk satin. The waistcoat fronts are lined with linen. The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with silk floss in white and shades of blue, purple, green and pink, in a pattern of flowers and leaves, on the revers, collar and along the front edges and hems. There are 11 worked buttonholes on the left front, the top 2 covered by the revers, and 9 embroidered buttons on the right front edge. The waistcoat was altered in the 19th century, either for fancy dress or theatre costume; the back was replaced.