Man’s court waistcoat with a 2½-inch (6 cm) standing collar, straight fronts and skirts reaching to the hip. There are no pockets, only a pointed pocket flap on each front. The fronts, collar and pocket flaps are made of cream silk taffeta; the back of linen. The waistcoat is linen with linen; the front skirt and collar linings and front facings are ivory silk twill. The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with silk floss in white, black and shades of green, brown and pink in a pattern of flowers and leaves, on the pocket flaps, collar and along the front edges and hems. The fronts are embroidered with repeating floral sprigs. There are 10 buttonholes outlined, the bottom 7 worked and cut, along the left front.

The waistcoat was altered in the 1870s, probably for theatre costume. The buttons were replaced and a wide strip of cotton inserted into the centre back seam.