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Jacket

1780s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Woman's caraco made of pink and white striped silk satin, with a low round neck, long sleeves and reaching to a point below the waist at front and back. There is a double collar, the uppermost is of pale blue silk satin bound with pink; the other of the striped satin and bound with blue ribbon. A van-dyked frill of the blue satin and another of the striped satin trim the back waist and there are turn-backed striped satin cuffs and a false button stand of pale blue. There is a concealed boned lacing, faced with light and dark green striped silk, on the right side only. The jacket is lined with canvas, boned and bound with pink silk ribbon.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk, linen, baleen; hand-woven, hand-sewn
Brief description
Woman's caraco of pink and white striped silk satin, 1780s, French; blue collar and cuffs
Physical description
Woman's caraco made of pink and white striped silk satin, with a low round neck, long sleeves and reaching to a point below the waist at front and back. There is a double collar, the uppermost is of pale blue silk satin bound with pink; the other of the striped satin and bound with blue ribbon. A van-dyked frill of the blue satin and another of the striped satin trim the back waist and there are turn-backed striped satin cuffs and a false button stand of pale blue. There is a concealed boned lacing, faced with light and dark green striped silk, on the right side only. The jacket is lined with canvas, boned and bound with pink silk ribbon.
Dimensions
  • Overall length: 59.5cm (approx)
  • Bust under armholes circumference: 97.5cm (approx)
Credit line
Given by J. B. Fowler, Esq.
Collection
Accession number
T.272-1965

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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