A man’s coat of silk with narrow stripes of brown uncut velvet, alternating with brown and voided white. It has a 2½ -inch (6.5 cm) standing collar and curving 2-piece sleeves end in cuffs 3½-inch (9 cm) deep. The fronts curve from neck to hem with pleats 2½-inch (6.4 cm) deep, below the hip set at the side back. Each front has a pocket with rectangular pocket flap; the centre-back seam is open below the hip. The coat and pocket flaps are lined with ivory silk twill, the sleeves and pockets with linen. There are 9 self-covered buttons along the right front, 3 on each cuff, 1 at the hem and top the pleats and 1 above the centre-back opening.

The coat was probably worn for fancy dress in the late 19th century; parts of the lining have been recovered, the hems of the pleats have been stitched down. The 2 buttonholes corresponding with the centre 2 buttons were probably added at this time. There are remnants of a net ruffle inside the right cuff.