Sleeved waistcoat, c.1705-15 (silk & brocade)

Linen; stitched to lining; written in ink; "Fassett, Kingston on Thames". Fawn silk brocade with woven "bizarre" design in brown, pale blue and silver thread, lined fawn silk with figured stripe, interlined brown linen. Fronts each in one section flared at sides below waist, fastening from neck to hem with 43 small silver thread buttons and buttonholes stitched with silver thread (the 10 lowest buttonholes not cut). Pocket, brown linen, each side, with vertical slit under hanging flap, wider at bottom and caught down at tip. Side seams open below hip; silk tape binding at neck; long sleeves in two sections, fastening from wrist to elbow with six buttons. Piece of linen inscribed in ink, "Fassett, Kingston on Thames", stitched to back lining.