Linen tunic, with applied woven silk ornaments, consisting of shoulder bands, roundels and sleeve panels. What is now been made into the front (scooped out the neck) was originally the back, as the front (now the back) has been cut down the middle and stitched together. Probably to get the body out of the garment. The waist tuck still intact (measures 3.7 cm at centre and 7.2 cm at the side seams). The shoulder bands reach down to the waist, both back and front; the ends are rounded and each has a small pendent roundel connected with it by a narrow strip. They are each divided into four equal parts by three square compartments, containing eight-pointed star designs with radiating floral devices at the points. The spaces between these squares are each filled with a conventional tree, culminating in a seven-lobed circle within which the foliage is traced. The small roundels contain trees of similar form, but symmetrical. The large detached roundels, of which there are four, two at the back and two at the front, beneath the shoulder-bands contain similar tree forms, but more elaborate. the oblong panels on the cuffs have i nthe middle a circle of a wavy outline, containing a radiating floral device, and surrounded by symmetrical floral scrolls. Two compartments at each end both contain a horseman armed with what appears to be a mace, attached by a foot-soldier with a lance. In the lower corner is a long-legged bird, and higher up is another bird with outspread wings. The name ZAXAPIOY appears over the horseman's head. The borders of the silk panels consist of cup-shaped flowers, placed alternately inwards and outwards, and connected by S-forms. The narrow strip connecting the shoulder-bands with the pendent roundels has a double running-wave pattern. The ornament is all in drab colour on a purple ground, which varies considerably i ntone in the different pieces. The patterns have all been specially woven for the use to which they have been put, the parts to be cut away in order to form the shaped outline being left plain.
The sleeves are now unpicked and left open, but the stitch mark clearly show how narrow the sleeve ends used to be. Each sleeve end is decorated with a blue and white striped silk panel and a button. The tunic is now fully lined with modern cloth.