A man's waistcoat with round neckline, curving fronts and skirts reaching to mid thigh. Each front has a pocket and shaped pocket flap. The fronts are made of beige ribbed silk, embroidered to shape with green silk chenille thread and silver thread. The fronts are lined with fustian and faced with white silk twill; the skirts lined with white silk twill. There are 13 worked buttonholes along the left front edge and 13 embroidered buttons on the right front.
The waistcoat was altered in the late 19th century, probably to wear as theatrical costume. The back was removed and replace with a late 19th-century waistcoat back of striped cotton.