Man's waistcoat, 1790s, British; Cream silk satin, embroidered, floral sprays, altered 1870-1910 Man’s waistcoat with a 1½-inch (3.7 cm) standing collar, straight fronts and hem, hip-length, with a welted pocket on each front. The fronts, collar and pocket welts are made of cream silk satin. The waistcoat is embroidered to shape with silk floss in shades of blue, pink and green, in a pattern of flowers and ribbons on the collar, pocket welts, and along the front edges and hems. The fronts are embroidered with repeating floral sprigs. There are 10 embroidered loops on each front; the lower 8 on the left front have been cut for buttonholes and 9 embroidered buttons sewn on the right front edge. The waistcoat was altered in the late 19th century, probably for theatre costume or a studio prop. The back was replaced and the left front relined. 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. Man's coat, 1785-1795, French; Green/pink shot silk, turn-down collar, mariner's cuffs