The dalmatic is made entirely from an ivory (cream) silk damask with a colourful ornament executed after the weaving by block-printing and partially hand-colouring. The design of a large repeat - which appears as an engraving in black with the colours (green, pink and yellow) applied by brush - consists of numerous, various flowers, either scattered or arranged inside two different types of vases that appear to be floating about. Amongst the blooming flowers, irises, carnations, roses and sunflowers can be clearly distinguished.
The dalmatic makes a pair with a chasuble (1582-1899) made of the same silk.
It should be noted that the V&A's Textile Collection houses an early 18th century block-printed satin (75-1899) which, inspite of an earlier date and the different (bizzare) style of the design, resembles this chasuble's printed damask in the technical aspect (fine, black outlines and the pink, green, brown and yellow colours that appear to have been applied by brush). While this printed satin has been published as French, it should be pointed out that an early 18th century printed silk taffeta of similar features belongs to the Textile Collection of the Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest (Museum number 15381) and has been catalogued as Dutch.