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Woman’s Jacket (Caraco)circa 1760, altered circa 1780

Not on view
18th-century women's ensemble on a mannequin: ruched apricot silk bodice and ivory satin skirt with colorful floral embroidery, displayed against a black background
18th-century ensemble displayed on a mannequin, rear view: a salmon-pink striped silk caraco jacket with gathered back seams and ruffled hem, paired with a cream silk petticoat embroidered along the border with polychrome flowering vines and botanical motifs. Mannequin wears a white powdered wig.
18th-century women's ensemble displayed on a white mannequin: a pink striped silk caraco jacket with ruched trim and elbow-length sleeves over a cream silk petticoat embroidered with polychrome floral sprays and garlands along the hem, paired with a white ruffled cap.
Close-up detail of a historic silk dress in amber-orange with narrow white woven stripes, showing the fitted bodice, sleeve, and gathered ruffle trim at the hem, against a dark background.
Close-up detail of a silk dress in amber and gold tones, with woven vertical stripes in white and cream; gathered ruffled hem visible at bottom, bodice pleating at top.
Title
Woman’s Jacket (Caraco)
Place Made
Europe
Date Made
circa 1760, altered circa 1780
Medium
Silk plain weave with supplementary warp patterning
Dimensions
Center back length: 19 in. (48.26 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Suzanne A. Saperstein and Michael and Ellen Michelson, with additional funding from the Costume Council, the Edgerton Foundation, Gail and Gerald Oppenheimer, Maureen H. Shapiro, Grace Tsao, and Lenore and Richard Wayne
Accession Number
M.2007.211.3
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Deux Siècles de Mode Européenne, 1700-1915. Paris: Arts Décoratifs; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books-Prestel, 2013.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books/Prestel, 2010.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Europäische Moden, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Prestel, 2012.
  • Blanco F., José and Mary D. Doering, eds. Clothing and Fashion: American Fashion from Head to Toe, vol. 1, Pre-Colonial Times Through the American Revolution. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2016.
  • Edwards, Lydia. How to Read a Dress: a Guide to Changing Fashion from the 16th to the 20th Century. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.