Art Institute of Chicago

Two Dalmatics

Date

Late 15th/early 16th century (cuffs and apparels: late 15th century

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

Culture

Spain

Department

Textiles

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

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