Man’s court waistcoat with a standing 1¾-inch (4.2 cm) neckline, straight fronts and skirts reaching to the hip. Each front has a pocket and pointed pocket flap. The fronts and pocket flaps are made of self-striped white silk. The waistcoat is appliquéd with warp-frame silk net and embroidered-to-shape with silk floss in yellow and shades of brown, pink and green, on the pocket flaps, collar and along the front edges and hems. There are 7 worked buttonholes along the left front, with 9 embroidered buttons on the right front.

The waistcoat was altered in the 19th century, probably for theatre costume or a studio prop. The fronts were cut away around the armholes and sewn to a linen lining, the pockets removed and flaps stitched down, the sides of the skirts cut away and the back replaced.