Dalmatic

Probably Italy

textileweaving

Date

1675/1700

Medium

Silk, satin damask weave; edged with braid of silk, gilt-metal strips, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with two-color complementary warp weave; and fringe of silk, gilt-metal strips, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with paired warps and extended ground weft fringe; ribbons: silk, plain weave; tassels: silk, linen, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, oblique interlacing and interknotting in flat knots over silk fringe and paper core

Dimensions

115.9 × 139.6 cm (45 5/8 × 55 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Purchased with funds provided by Laurance H. Armour, Jr. and Margot B. Armour Family Foundation

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