waistcoat, sleeved

Summary

fine white linen ornamented with cord quilting; sleeves and lining of coarser linen. Slightly curved front edges fastening to high round neck with fourteen stud buttons (missing) and buttonholes on flap under left front edge, false pocket flap at hip each side; flared skirt open at sides from waist. Long sleeves in two shaped sections, outer seam open 6.5" at wrist. Fronts, front skirt edges and pocket flaps decorated with stylized floral design in corded quilting, details picked out in overcast stitch.