Two Dalmatics by Italy or Spain, textile, 1475-1525

Two Dalmatics

Italy or Spain

Year
1475-1525
Medium
Velvet: silk, plain weave variation with silk supplementary facing wefts, weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, supplementary facing wefts forming weft loops, and supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut, pile-on-pile, voided velvet; Cuffs and Apparels: silk, warp-float faced 3:1 broken warp chevron twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; appliquéd with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, linen and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in couching and padded couching; Edge trim: 1) silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal -strip-wrapped silk in couching, and 2) silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave (with multiple wefts) with supplementary patterning wefts and extended ground weft cut and uncut fringe
Dimensions
b: 132.1 × 130.8 cm (52 × 51 1/2 in.); c: 131.1 × 132.5 cm (51 5/8 × 52 1/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

Classification
Textile
Culture
Spain

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