Jacket
fourth quarter 18th century (made)
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| Place of origin |
Woman's caraco jacket of painted and dyed cotton. With a pattern of rose-sprigs arranged in a half-drop repeat on a green-yellow ground. Alternate rows are reversed mirrorwise. The jacket is high-waisted and has long narrow sleeves.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Painted and dyed cotton |
| Brief description | Woman's caraco jacket of painted and dyed cotton, probably made in the Netherlands, fourth quarter of 18th century |
| Physical description | Woman's caraco jacket of painted and dyed cotton. With a pattern of rose-sprigs arranged in a half-drop repeat on a green-yellow ground. Alternate rows are reversed mirrorwise. The jacket is high-waisted and has long narrow sleeves. |
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| Credit line | Given by G. P. Baker |
| Bibliographic reference | Irwin, John and Katherine Brett, Origins of Chintz, London, 1970. With a catalogue of Indo-European cotton-paintings in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, and the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. ISBN 112900534.
p. 125, cat. no. 171, pl. 148b |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.111-1950 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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