Man’s waistcoat of purple woollen broadcloth with a round neckline, curving fronts and skirts reaching to between the top of the knee and mid-thigh. Each front has a pocket and pocket flap. The waistcoat and pocket flaps were lined with ivory silk twill, the pockets with linen. The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with silver thread, strip, purl and spangles in a pattern of flowers and scrolls on the pocket flaps and along the front edges and hems. There are 18 buttonholes edged with silver thread along the left front, the bottom 6 originally uncut; there are 18 cast pewter buttons on the right front and 3 below each pocket.

The waistcoat has been altered in the 19th century, probably for theatre costume. The back skirts were removed, the back replaced, the waistcoat relined and the pocket flaps relined with painted silk. Two more buttonholes below the waist were cut.