A man’s coat of green and pink shot silk with a 2-piece, 3¼-inch (8.2 cm) turned-down collar, pointed at the back, and curving 2-piece sleeves ending in mariner’s cuffs, 3⅛ inches (8.3 cm) deep. The fronts curve from neck to hem with pleats 3¾ inches (9.5 cm) deep, below the hip set beside the centre back. Each front has a pocket and rectangular pocket flap; the centre-back seam is open below the hip. The back and sleeves are lined with unbleached fustian, the pockets with blue linen, the fronts, skirts and pocket flaps with plain-weave silk. There are 11 worked buttonholes along the left front edge and 2 on each cuff. Only the 4th and 5th buttonhole from the top have been cut. There are 11 self-covered buttons on the right front, 4 below the pockets and 1 at the hem and top of the pleats. Only 1 button remains on the right cuff.