Apparel from a Dalmatic
Unknown Artist
1500s
Medium
Silk, gold thread; embroidery: or nué (shaded gold)
Dimensions
25.4 × 33 cm · mounted: w. 35.9 cm, d. 44.5 cm
Classification
Embroidery
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of J. H. Wade
Accession Number
1919.857
About this artwork
The artist who drew this pattern created expressive facial features that a master embroiderer conveyed with silk stitches. That high level was probably achieved by an embroiderer specializing in faces, hair, and skin. The draped clothing was created by varying the density of silk thread crossing over the gold thread. Embroidered scenes in rectangular panels, known as apparel, were made with luxurious thread to decorate tunic-shaped ecclesiastical garments, or dalmatics. An apparel was placed at ...