Man's waistcoat with a 3-inch (7.5 cm) standing collar, revers, straight fronts and hems, reaching to the waist. There are no pockets or pocket welts. The fronts, collar and revers are made of black silk satin. The waistcoat fronts are lined with linen. The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with silk floss in white and shades of blue, purple, green and pink, in a pattern of flowers and leaves, on the revers, collar and along the front edges and hems. There are 11 worked buttonholes on the left front, the top 2 covered by the revers, and 9 embroidered buttons on the right front edge. The waistcoat was altered in the 19th century, either for fancy dress or theatre costume; the back was replaced. Man's waistcoat, 1795-1800, British; Black silk satin, embroidered coloured silks, altered 1870-1910 A man’s coat of green silk taffeta with a 2-piece, 2¾-inch (7 cm), turned-down collar and revers. The fronts are cut-away at the waist, with 2⅜-inch (6 cm) deep pleats below the hip set beside the centre back. Each front has a pocket and shaped pocket flap; the centre-back seam is open below the hip. The back is lined with linen, the front, skirts and pocket flaps with ivory silk satin, the pockets with bleached linen. There are 3 self-covered buttons on the each front, set back from the edge, and 1 at the top of the right back pleats. The coat was altered in the late 19th century, probably for fancy dress. The sleeves were replaced and the lining patched. Man's coat, 1790s, French; Green silk, double-breasted style, cut-away, altered 1870-1910