Man’s court waistcoat with a 2-inch (5 cm) standing collar, straight fronts and skirts reaching to the hip. Each front has a pocket and pointed pocket flap. The fronts, back skirts and pocket flaps are made of ivory silk taffeta, the back of cream glazed worsted. The waistcoat is lined with linen, the pockets with glazed linen; the front-skirt and pocket-flap linings and front facings are ivory silk twill. A 1-inch (2.5 cm) wide purple silk ribbon is applied to the edges of the collar, pocket flaps front edges and hems, and covered with warp-framed woven net. The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with silk floss in white and shades of blue, purple, pink and green, in a pattern of flowers and leaves on the pocket flaps, collar and along the front edges and hems. The fronts are embroidered with repeating floral sprigs. There are 12 worked buttonholes along the left front, the top one uncut, with 12 embroidered buttons on the right front.