Production: Unknown
Dalmatic, deep crimson velvet, with upon the front and back and the sleeves wide apparels of linen, embroidered with metal thread and coloured silks in satin stitch and couched and laid work. The front depicts Saint Andrew and Saint Thomas; the back Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Margaret all placed beneath foliated canopies. Between the sets of figures sits a coat of arms supported by a strap held in the teeth of a grotesque head. The sleeves depict saint Dorothy on the left and the virgin and Child on the right with a mermaid on either side. The figures are placed between columns without canopies. The backgrounds are of gold thread laid in various diaper patterns with edgings of raised gold.
History note: One set of these vestments is said to have been given by the Emperor Charles V to the cathedral of Burgos. The other Dalmatic was given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York by Sir Charles and Lady Walston, the cope to the V&A, and they retained the chasuble.
Given by Sir Charles and Lady Walston
Length: 5 ft
Width: 3'.8" ft
Method of acquisition: Given (1914-05-30) by Walston, Charles, Sir and Lady
After 1500 CE - Before 1520 CE
The velvet is of slightly later date than the linen and the embroidery.
crimson
Velvet
gold
Metal thread
polychrome
Silk
Linen
Weaving
: Dalmatic, deep crimson velvet, with upon the front and back and the sleeves wide apparels of linen, embroidered with metal thread and coloured silks in satin stitch and couched and laid work.
Embroidering
Couching (embroidering)
Accession number: T.1-1914
Primary reference Number: 117565
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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