Caraco
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A caraco is a style of woman's jacket that was fashionable from the mid-18th to early 19th centuries. Caracos were thigh-length and opened in front, with tight three-quarter or long sleeves. Like gown
Woman's striped silk sack-back caraco, 1760s, altered 1780s. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, M.2007.211.3.
The Chocolate Girl, 1743–45, wears a fitted jacket, petticoat, and apron.
Working woman's bedgown and petticoat, 1764.
Caraco jacket in printed cotton and skirt in quilted silk satin, 1770-1790, ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen.
Stomacher
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A stomacher is a decorated triangular panel that fills in the front opening of a woman's gown or bodice. The stomacher may be boned, as part of a stays, or may cover the triangular front of a corset.
Stomacher c. 1620
Stomacher c. 1630
Stomacher c. 1640
Stomacher c. 1650