id:			100372
accession number:	1919.857
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1919.857
updated:		2023-03-20 10:11:51.595000

Apparel from a Dalmatic, 1500s. Italy, Florence, 16th century. Silk, gold thread; embroidery: or nué (shaded gold); overall: 25.4 x 33 cm (10 x 13 in.); mounted: 35.9 x 44.5 cm (14 1/8 x 17 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade 1919.857

title:				Apparel from a Dalmatic
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creation date:			1500s
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1599
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creditline:			Gift of J. H. Wade
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culture:	Italy, Florence, 16th century
technique:	Silk, gold thread; embroidery: or nué (shaded gold)
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Ecclesiastical
type:		Embroidery
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measurements: Overall: 25.4 x 33 cm (10 x 13 in.); Mounted: 35.9 x 44.5 cm (14 1/8 x 17 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Only for Beauty? (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
	opening date:   2014-12-08T05:00:00
	<i>Only for Beauty? (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 2014-December 7, 2015).

	title:		Art of Embroidery in Late Medieval Europe (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
	opening date:   2020-12-19T05:00:00
	<i>Art of Embroidery in Late Medieval Europe (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 19, 2020-April 11, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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wall description:
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. <br><br>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 the ends of sleeves, as seen in a nearby example, and on the front and back above the hem.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 6, no. 10 (1919): 162.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 162
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136331

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