Man’s waistcoat with a round neckline, curving fronts and skirts reaching to the top of the thigh. Each front has a pocket and pointed pocket flap. The fronts and pocket flaps are made of green and yellow shot silk taffeta. The waistcoat fronts and pocket flaps are lined with ivory silk twill, the pockets with bleached linen. The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with silk floss in white and shades of pink, blue and green, in a pattern of flowers and leaves, on the pocket flaps, front edges and hems, around the front neck and below the pockets. There are 10 worked buttonholes along the left front, the top 2 uncut, with 10 embroidered buttons on the right front.
The waistcoat was altered in the late 19th century, probably for fancy dress. The back was replaced, insertions made at the side seams and 3 pairs of hooks and eyes sewn to the fronts.