. "Man\u2019s court waistcoat with a standing 1\u00BD-inch (3.5 cm) neckline, straight fronts and skirts reaching to the hip. Each front has a pocket and pointed pocket flap. The fronts and pocket flaps are made of ivory silk taffeta. The fronts are lined with fustian, the pockets with linen; the front-skirt and pocket-flap linings and front facings are ivory silk. The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with silk floss in brown and shades of blue, purple, pink and green, on the pocket flaps, collar and along the front edges and hems. There are 12 worked buttonholes along the left front, with 12 embroidered buttons on the right front.\n\nThe waistcoat was altered in the 19th century, probably for theatre costume or a studio prop;the back was replaced."@en . . .