Caraco
Category
Costume
Date
1775 - 1800
Materials
Cotton, Metal
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1348752
Summary
Jacket; Caraco - White cotton, printed with design of bunches of flowers in compartments with lace effect. Madder red and pencilled blue. Lined with cotton block printed with flowers and stems in blue and red with black lines. Sleeves lined with cotton of a woven check in green/pink/blue/brown/white. Square neck - high at back. Fitted bodice, running without waist seam to knee length skirt. Skirt in 4 flared sections, with inverted box pleats at side seams. Sleeves elbow length, shaped at elbow. Lining made up first and the outer jacket mounted. Pleated bands of self-fabric at elbow. 18 metal hooks and eyes on centre-front bodice opening. One long, one short cotton tape each side inside waist. Unaltered. Very similar to jacket SNO.TC.51, which has same check lining. Line drawing with inventory card. (female)
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Exhibition history
Cotton: Global Threads, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester , 2012