Man's sleeved waistcoat, 1750-1759, British or French; black silk velvet, yellow check ground Man’s waistcoat with a round neckline, curved 2-piece sleeves, curving fronts and skirts reaching to mid-thigh. Each front has a pocket and pointed pocket flap. The fronts, pocket flaps and cuffs are made of silk velvet in a chequered pattern with black cut pile and a yellow satin voided ground. The back and sleeves are made of black worsted twill. The waistcoat, sleeves and pockets are lined with unbleached linen; the pocket flap and skirt linings and front facings are ivory worsted. There are 14 buttonholes edged with silk-wrapped parchment along the left front, 3 on each pocket flap and 1 on each cuff, with 14 passementerie buttons on the right front, and 3 below each pocket. The buttons on the cuffs are replacements.