. "Man\u2019s waistcoat with a standing 1\u00BD-inch (3.8 cm) collar, 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 white silk satin, the back of bleached linen. The waistcoat and pockets are lined with linen; the front skirt and pocket-flap linings and front facings are white silk satin. The waistcoat is appliqu\u00E9d with lilac-coloured silk satin and white silk warp-frame net and embroidered-to-shape with silk floss in white and shades of pink, green and blue and chenille thread in green and purple. It is worked with stem and satin stitch, French knots and couching in a pattern of flowers and leaves against a background of repeating floral sprigs in a diamond shape, on the collar and pocket flaps, below the pockets and along the front edges and hems. There are 11 worked buttonholes along the left front with 12 embroidered buttons on the right front."@en . . .