Man’s coat of scarlet woollen broadcloth with a round neck, fronts curving from neck to hem and skirts reaching to between the top of the knee and mid-thigh. It has curving, 2-piece sleeves ending in mariner’s cuffs; each front has a pocket and shaped pocket flap. It is embroidered-to-shape with silver thread and purl in a pattern of leaves and flowers, on the cuffs and pocket flaps, around the front neck and pockets, and along the front edges and hems. There are 9 embroidered buttonholes along the left front edge, 11 embroidered buttonholes on the right front, and 3 on each cuff. One original button of silver passementerie remains at the top of the right cuff.

The coat was extensively altered in the 19th century, probably for theatre costume. The side pleats were removed to provide fabric to piece and replace the back. Additional broadcloth of a slightly different shade was used at the back and for a new left sleeve, onto which the embroidery was resewn. The lining was replaced and it was cut for the buttonholes, but not bound. The buttons on the fronts and below the pockets were replaced; those on the left front possibly added at this time. The buttonholes on the right side may have been cut at this time. The embroidery on the left front edge was cut to add 2 buttonholes at the top; the upper one only was cut through the broadcloth as well.