Sand-colored men's suit with multicolored embroidered vest, about 1780, England. Sand-colored silk rep, multicolored silk embroidery. Ident.Nr. 2003 KR 106 ac. © Photo: Museum of Decorative Arts of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage. Photo: Saturia Linke

The three-piece suit consists of a narrow skirt with arched cut-back front parts, stand-up collar, long sleeves with cuffs and embroidery on the front edges, cuffs, pocket flaps and the rear tails. The skirt has a set of 20 embroidered buttons. The sleeveless, cream-colored vest lap shows an identical embroidery on the front edge, the skirts and pocket flaps. Their fronts are also embroidered with a scattering pattern. The vest has a small stand-up collar. The Knickerbockers has a wide waistband and shows the usual since 1760 Latzverschluss: "petit pont à la Bavaroise" .ChrW