Man’s court waistcoat with a 2⅜-inch (6 cm) standing collar, straight fronts and skirts reaching to the hip. Each front has a pocket and pointed pocket flap. The fronts, back skirts and pocket flaps are made of ivory silk twill, the back of bleached cotton. The back is lined with cotton, the fronts, collar, pockets and pocket flaps with white silk twill. The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with silk floss in shades of green in a pattern of flowers and leaves on the pocket flaps, collar and along the front edges and hems. There are 7 worked buttonholes along the left front with 7 embroidered buttons on the right front. The 2 pair of ribbon ties sewn to the back were probably added later. Man's court waistcoat, 1795-1800, English; White silk twill, green floral embroidery