Man’s waistcoat of fine bleached linen, with a round neck, straight fronts and skirts reaching to the top of the knee. Each front had a pocket opening and shaped pocket flap. The fronts and pocket flaps are lined with ivory silk taffeta, pockets with coarse linen. The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with linen thread with French knots, quilting, drawn-thread and pulled-fabric work in a pattern of large flowers and leaves on the pocket flaps, around the front neck and pockets, and along the front edges and hems. The fronts are filled with 2 repeating floral motifs. There are 5 buttonholes outlined in quilting, but not cut along the left front edge, 1 at the neck and 4 at the waist. There were 18 Dorset thread buttons along the right front, only 9 and parts of 1 remain.

The waistcoat was extensively altered in the late 19th century, probably for theatre costume, only the fronts remain. The armholes were cut larger (sleeves may have been removed), the back replaced, the pockets removed and the fronts relined.