Man’s waistcoat with a round neckline, straight 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 dark blue woollen broadcloth. The waistcoat fronts are lined with fustian, the pockets with linen; the front skirt and pocket flap linings and front facings are white silk twill. The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with white, pink and green silk floss, in pattern of flowers, leaves and circles, on the pocket flaps, below the pockets and around the front neck, edges and hems. There are 12 worked buttonholes along the left front, with 12 embroidered buttons on the right front.

The waistcoat was altered in the late 19th century, probably for theatre costume or a studio prop; the back was replaced.