Dalmatic

Spain or Italy

Date

17th century

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.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Don H. Reuben