JP Ryan Caraco Jacket Pattern

This style of jacket was a popular fashion from 1770-1785.  The JP Ryan Caraco Jacket Pattern is designed with a false stomacher, which has a center front hook and eye closure. The over-the-elbow length sleeves are finished with shaped cuffs. An optional ruching strip may be fastened (by hooks to thread eyes) across the stomacher to secure an optional neck handkerchief. Covered buttons have been added to the base of the side back seams. Optional ribbon loops may be sewn inside the caraco, which can be fastened over the buttons to lift the jacket skirt à la polonaise.  This JP Ryan Caraco Jacket Pattern is based on a caraco in the collection of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, and one from France c. 1775 in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.