Man's waistcoat, 1780-85, British; yellow and black striped silk, silver braid, double-breasted Man's waistcoat with round neckline, curving fronts and skirts reaching to the top of the thigh. Each front has a welted pocket. The fronts are made of silk with narrow stripes of black satin and yellow twill; the back of brown worsted twill. The waistcoat is lined with unbleached fustian; the fronts faced and skirts lined with golden-brown silk twill. The front necks, fronts, hems and pocket welts are edged with a 7mm-wide lace (braid) of woven silk and silver thread. There re 14 worked buttonholes along the left front and 14 corresponding buttons covered with silver-gilt thread on the right front. An additional 13 ubttons are sewn to the left proper of the buttonholes, giving a double-breasted effect. The bottom button and buttonhole are single-breasted and the front edges stepped for the overlap above.