Body (a) of dark green sheet; short and fitted with a flat; round collar and long gigot or sheep bolt sleeves; Model: closes tightly around the upper body. The upper body had to be remain stable and straight in position. At the front left and right three; vertical seams. The back has a seam at the center back with a coupe or waist seam from the sleeve on either side. The pleated sheep-bolt sleeves are cut diagonally on the thread with trimmed; half-round cuffs that end over the hand. For extra freedom of movement; two triangular wedges are provided in the armhole under the armpit; which end in a point on either side of the seam. In the lower sleeve and at the elbow; extra space provides for easy bending of the arms when riding. The pleated part on top is reinforced with coarse woven; calendered linen. The body and lower sleeves are lined with green-brown silk. The closure is asymmetrical; right over left with a hook and eye in the hem and at the neck. An incomplete lap in the middle of the back. Decoration: along the cuffs; the collar; the hem of the back and the garter seams at the back trimmed with green silk over a white cotton cord (soutache). On both fronts a butah-like decoration of the same cord around which looped garlands of green and green-yellow braided wool. Under the collar a double row of these looped garlands of green and green-yellow wool. On the lap at the back a small button; the other is missing (?).; anonymous; Netherlands (possibly); c. 1826; lijf; voering; soutache; l 34 cm