A coif of linen embroidered with black silk thread in stem and speckling stitch with silver-gilt thread in plaited braid-stitch. The pattern consists of scrolling stems outlined in black and filled with silver-gilt, bearing leaves, foxglove, peapods, roses and rosehips, carnation, strawberries, cornflower, honeysuckle columbine, borage, grapes and other flowers, outlined in black and embellished with silver-gilt. The outline of the coif has been worked in black silk thread in stem stitch. The front and top edges are embroidered in herringbone buttonhole stitch in black silk. The coif has cheek-pieces and a widow's peak. Along the bottom edge, instead of a turned casing there are a series of loops braided in linen bread and stitched to the coif. The top seam and crown gathers have been unpicked at a later date.