Caraco
Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2018.2.24.5.CW.TO.C1750.IT
Description
Silk brocade floral Caraco in the Rococo style. Made of figured salmon polychrome silk and metallic silver floral brocade. Front and sleeve lacing, lined in cream silk.
Materials
Silk
Brocade
Lacing
Origin
circa 1750
Italy
Exhibitions History
• 2016.07.13–2016.10.16. ‘Tamed Nature. 18th–21st Century. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia.
• 2016.12.01–2017.11.01. ‘Tamed Nature. 18th–21st century. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2018.06.04–2018.12.02. ‘Resort of the fashion from Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection. Fashion from 18th to 20th century.’ Heydar Aliyev Center, Baku, Azerbaijan.
• 2020.01.21–2021.01.21. ‘Aristocracy at the Helm of Fashion. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius, Lithuania.