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Dalmaticcirca 1550

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Crimson cut voided velvet liturgical vestment with wide sleeves, allover pomegranate and scrolling vine pattern in gold and green, and applied heraldic embroidery panel at center front

Unknown, Dalmatic, circa 1550, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Miss Bella Mabury, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Dalmatic
Place Made
Spain
Date Made
circa 1550
Medium
Silk cut and voided velvet with metallic-thread supplementary weft-loop patterning (bouclé), silk velvet with silk- and metallic-thread embroidery and appliqué, and silk- and metallic-thread passementerie
Dimensions
Center back length: 45 7/8 in. (116.52 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Bella Mabury
Accession Number
M.57.9
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward. Renaissance: Costumes and Textiles 1450-1620. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1979.
  • Hopkins, Henry T., ed. Illustrated Handbook of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. West Germany: Bruder Hartmann, 1965.
  • Velvets East and West: From the 14th to the 20th Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1966.

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