Man's waistcoat, 1780-85, British/French; white silk twill, silver strip, applied silver braid, metal embroidery Man’s waistcoat with a round neckline, curving fronts and skirts reaching to the top of the thigh. Each front has a pocket and pointed pocket flap. The fronts and pocket flaps are made of white silk twill with supplementary wefts of silver strip and pink and green silk, the back of white worsted twill. The waistcoat is lined with fustian, the pockets with linen; the skirt and pocket flap linings, and front facings are pink silk twill. A ⅜-inch (1 cm) wide ribbon of grey silk with silver and red foil strip has been applied around the neck, pockets and pocket flaps, and along the front edges and hems, and embroidered with silver purl and spangles. There are 12 worked buttonholes along the left front, with 11 embroidered buttons (1 missing) on the right front.