Man's court coat and breeches, 1775-80, English/French; Brown silk taffeta, flower embroidery A man’s court coat and breeches of brown silk taffeta. The coat has a 2⅞-inch (7.2 cm) standing collar, 2-piece sleeves ending in cuffs 4¼ inches (10.7 cm) deep. The fronts curve from neck to hem with pleats 4 inches (10 cm) deep, 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 coat, sleeves and pocket flaps are lined with white silk taffeta, the pockets with bleached linen. The coat is embroidered-to-shape with silk floss in shades of green, pink, blue, yellow and white in a pattern of daisies, on the front collars, cuffs and pocket flaps, around the front neck and pockets, along the fronts and centre-back opening. There are 10 embroidered buttons along the right front, 3 on each cuff, 3 below each pocket, 1 at the top and hem of the pleats. Two worked buttonholes on the left front correspond with the 2nd and 3rd buttons from the top. The breeches comprise 2 fronts, two backs and 2 waistbands, made of the brown silk taffeta. The back legs are cut higher than the fronts and gathered into the back of the waistbands. There is a pocket on each front, under each side of the fall front and a watch pocket in each front waistband. The breeches close with buttoned front waistbands and a fall front; the back waistbands with a strap (buckle now missing). The waistbands, pockets and fall fronts are lined with linen; the legs are unlined. Three self-covered fasten the waistband; 2 fasten the front pockets; 2 fasten the fall fronts. There are 5 worked buttonholes and 5 embroidered buttons on the outside of each leg above the knee. The knee bands are embroidered in white, blue, pink and green silk floss.