Dalmatic
1575-1625 (made)
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Dalmatic of velvet embroidered in silver-gilt thread and cord and with twisted silver thread and couched work with some embroidered details in satin stitch. The pattern is of an arabesque design of band-work compartments enclosing stylised flowers and with band orphreys on front and back, around the neck and along the shoulder seams, decorated with stems entwined with flowers.
On the skirt, St Bartholomew and St Paul are depicted in roundels decorated with elaborate scroll work and grotesques flanked by angels, swags and trophies.
The apparels are of crimson velvet embroidered with silver-gilt and silver thread in or nue work, with some couched metal purl and floss silk in split stitch.
The dalmatic is trimmed with tufted braid of red silk and silver-gilt thread and lined with heavy yellow linen.
On the skirt, St Bartholomew and St Paul are depicted in roundels decorated with elaborate scroll work and grotesques flanked by angels, swags and trophies.
The apparels are of crimson velvet embroidered with silver-gilt and silver thread in or nue work, with some couched metal purl and floss silk in split stitch.
The dalmatic is trimmed with tufted braid of red silk and silver-gilt thread and lined with heavy yellow linen.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Velvet embroidered in silver-gilt and silver thread and cord, lined with linen and trimmed with silk braid |
| Brief description | Dalmatic of embroidered velvet, Spain, 1575-1625 |
| Physical description | Dalmatic of velvet embroidered in silver-gilt thread and cord and with twisted silver thread and couched work with some embroidered details in satin stitch. The pattern is of an arabesque design of band-work compartments enclosing stylised flowers and with band orphreys on front and back, around the neck and along the shoulder seams, decorated with stems entwined with flowers. On the skirt, St Bartholomew and St Paul are depicted in roundels decorated with elaborate scroll work and grotesques flanked by angels, swags and trophies. The apparels are of crimson velvet embroidered with silver-gilt and silver thread in or nue work, with some couched metal purl and floss silk in split stitch. The dalmatic is trimmed with tufted braid of red silk and silver-gilt thread and lined with heavy yellow linen. |
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| Accession number | T.281-1978 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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