A woman's sack and petticoat of cream-coloured silk with figured stripes and floral motifs. The sack is open at the front with elbow-length sleeves. The bodice fronts meet at the centre. There are two, double box pleats at the back stitched at the neck line. A waistseam runs from the centre front to the back pleats, with skirts pleated only at the pocket openings. The sack is made of 3 widths of silk with a partial panel and triangular gore of silk at each front. The hem is faced with white silk taffeta. A broad ruching of the silk, pinked and scalloped, arranged in a serpentine line, decorates each skirt front. A narrow band of ruching runs straight along each front edge. The same width of ruching edges the front neckline. A medium band of ruching edges the back neck and is arranged in a curve on each bodice front. Two loops of silk cord sewn on either side of the inside waist at centre back correspond with plain silk buttons on the outside, for looping up the skirts.

The cuffs have been unpicked from the gown. These are shaped to the elbow, edged with a gathered plain cream silk ribbon, with a band of silk at the centre, similarly edged, and a bow of wide plain cream silk on the inside of the arm.

The petticoat is made of four and a half widths of silk, with two flounces of silk arranged straight across the front. The waist was originally pleated and stitched, but now unpicked.

Another flounce and a remaining rectangle of the silk, T.97:D-1972 were acquired with the ensemble.