Dalmatic
1480-1510 (made)
Red silk velvet, with embroidered pillar orphreys and ornaments. On the orphreys are figures under architectural canopies surmounted by a white rose with a yellow fleur-de-lys. On the front orphrey from top down are St. Andrew, an Old Testament prophet, St Paul. On the back orphrey are St Paul and two prophets. The ornaments on the body of the vestment consist of floral devices with the addition on the back of seraphim standing on wheels and carrying scrolls with the inscription "Da Gloriam Deo" (almost worn away), and two bells (probably a rebus).
The dalmatic in its current form has been altered, either from a straight-sided dalmatic, or a chasuble. the fringe and green braid are later in date than the embroidery.
The dalmatic in its current form has been altered, either from a straight-sided dalmatic, or a chasuble. the fringe and green braid are later in date than the embroidery.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk velvet with applied orphreys embroidered in silver-gilt thread and coloured silks in split stitch and surface couching on linen; with motifs applied to the velvet embroidered in silver-gilt thread and coloured silks, and embroidery in silk directly on velvet ground, spangles. |
| Brief description | embroidered velvet, 1480-1510, English; Red, seraphs bells, orphrey prophets saints |
| Physical description | Red silk velvet, with embroidered pillar orphreys and ornaments. On the orphreys are figures under architectural canopies surmounted by a white rose with a yellow fleur-de-lys. On the front orphrey from top down are St. Andrew, an Old Testament prophet, St Paul. On the back orphrey are St Paul and two prophets. The ornaments on the body of the vestment consist of floral devices with the addition on the back of seraphim standing on wheels and carrying scrolls with the inscription "Da Gloriam Deo" (almost worn away), and two bells (probably a rebus). The dalmatic in its current form has been altered, either from a straight-sided dalmatic, or a chasuble. the fringe and green braid are later in date than the embroidery. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Opus Anglicanum exhibition 1963, cat.no.40 |
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| Accession number | T.49-1924 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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