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 shaped pocket flap. The fronts, back skirts, cuffs and pocket flaps are made of ivory silk twill with a taffeta pattern of large flowers and leaves. The back is made of ivory worsted twill, the sleeves with ivory worsted damask. The waistcoat and sleeves are lined with fustian, the pockets with ivory worsted twill; the skirt and pocket-flap linings and front facings are ivory silk twill. There are 13 worked buttonholes along the left front and 1 on each cuff, with 13 silk-thread covered buttons on the right front, 1 on each cuff; the 5 below each pocket are all missing. Man's sleeved waistcoat, 1750s, British; figured ivory silk taffeta