A plastron cravat made of heavy black satin with a simple scrolled brocade motif, 2 yards along the selvedge by about a foot wide, folded in half lengthwise with additional folding, shaped so one end is wider than the other; both sides have tiny hand-stitched hems, Folded and heavily pressed, the edges are stitched together and gradually narrow around the neck. Raw edges of the sides are not hemmed.