Printed Cotton Pleats

1770s Caraco jacket and petticoat based on an extant from the Victoria and Albert museum. It is all hand-sewn. The jacket is made from three pieces of fabric (excluding where I had to piece the back for width). The back is pleated down the center and continues over the shoulders and extends into the sleeves. The fronts are pleated back as well. There are three sets of tabs in front that pin over a stomacher. The sleeve cuff is gathered up in a loop and button with small pleated trim. Built over stays and paniers.