Caraco (Jacket) and petticoat
Designer unknown
Around 1770-1780
Cotton, painted and dyed
Coromandel Coast, India (fabric), England (tailored)
Museum no. 229&A-1927

The fabric for this dress came from southeast India, and was made up in England in the eighteenth century. Chintz became so popular it was eventually banned in England and France because it was threatening local textile industries.