There is a caraco in Patterns of Fashion, and I think it's similar,
without pleats or maybe it has minimal pleats.
If she made the pattern herself, then perhaps she has a preference.
Maybe she took it from an original. Either way, if you're making the
jacket for her you can ask about the design and whether she wants it
to be changed.
-Carol
> A lady friend from Gustavs Skål, sended me a pattern of a polonaise jacket
> 1785-90. Its supposed to be me who sew it and embroider it for her.
> But i have never seen the pattern before. I think its a pattern she made
> herself.
> In the front it has a compere closing, looking like a stomacher with
> slanted lines in A- form of the jacket sides.
> What i dont understand about the pattern is, that the jacket dont have any
> pleats in the waistline the "skirt" width is achieved by slanting seams, 2
> center back pieces, 2 side pieces and 2 front pieces.
> Would it not be more appropriate to make the width of the "skirt" bigger
> and make more room for pleats in stead of slanting lines?
> The shape of the jacket is to be more of a "bustle" pad than a round pad.
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