A man’s coat of scarlet woollen broadcloth, with a 2-piece, 3-inch (7.7 cm) turn-down collar, pointed at the back and curving 2-piece sleeves end in cuffs, 3 inches (7.7 cm) deep. The fronts curve from neck to hem with pleats 3⅝ inches (9.2 cm) deep, below the hip set beside the centre back. Each front has a pocket with scalloped pocket flap; the centre-back seam is open below the hip. The coat and pocket flaps are lined with red silk twill, the pockets and sleeves with bleached linen. The coat is embroidered with silver thread, in a pattern of loops with bows and tassels on the collar, cuffs and pocket flaps and along the front edges. Ten embroidered motifs outline buttonholes along the left front, the top 6 are cut. There are 10 buttons covered in silver thread along the right front edge, 3 below each pocket, 2 on each cuff and 1 at the top, centre and hem of the pleats. There are 2 paris of hooks and eyes on the fronts, 1 below the collar and 1 at the centre of the chest.