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Dalmatic

16th century (designed and made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Red silk velvet with green silk velvet apparels embroidered in silver-gilt and silver thread and coloured silks. Some details are raised by padding. The apparels on the bottom of the bakc and front show Saint Andrew and St Peter respectively in a medallion surrounded by a blanced arrangement of floral and leafy stems. The apparels on the sleeves bear the Papal tiara, and the scallop shell of St James within a medallion flanked by interlacing stems. The form of the apparels is typical of Spanish dalmatics. Lined in pink linen


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk velvet, embroidered in metallic threads
Brief description
Dalmatic, 1500s, probably Spanish. Red velvet with green velvet apparels, embroidered in metallic and polychrome silk threads saints, with cockle shell of St James and papal tiara
Physical description
Red silk velvet with green silk velvet apparels embroidered in silver-gilt and silver thread and coloured silks. Some details are raised by padding. The apparels on the bottom of the bakc and front show Saint Andrew and St Peter respectively in a medallion surrounded by a blanced arrangement of floral and leafy stems. The apparels on the sleeves bear the Papal tiara, and the scallop shell of St James within a medallion flanked by interlacing stems. The form of the apparels is typical of Spanish dalmatics. Lined in pink linen
Dimensions
  • Length: 38in
  • At widest point, that is from the edge of each sleeve width: 52in
  • Weight: 2.34kg
Style
Production typeUnique
Credit line
Henry Wallis collection
Object history
Acquired from the Henry Wallis collection with other vestments.
Production
Attributed to Spain on the basis of the cockle shell of the pilgrim (St James) on one sleeve of this dalmatic and the cross of St James on the the matching dalmatic in the collection. The only reference in common.

Attribution note: Unique in that a common vocabulary is used for the imagery, but vestments were usually commissioned for a given church or clergyman
Reason For Production: Commission
Associated object
Collection
Accession number
T.758-1919

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Record createdNovember 23, 2006
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