Dalmatic
1601–1700
- Medium
- Silk, plain weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and silvered-metal wire facing wefts; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal purl and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in brick, overcast and split stitches; laid work, couching, padded couching and French knots; edged with silk and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and extended ground weft cut fringe
- Dimensions
- 118.2 × 127.7 cm (46 1/2 × 50 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
blue (color)silk (fiber)green (color)yellow (color)linen (material)liturgicalflowersdalmaticgilt-and-silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silkneedlework (visual works)white (color)sewingvinescostumesilver (color)Textilescrolls (motifs)foliagecouching (embroidering)pink (color)gold (color)embroideringbaskets