Apparel made into cushion
This apparel and another in the Lehman Collection (1975.1.1894), from the front and back of a dalmatic (a liturgical vestment), have been backed with a modern silk fabric and finished as cushions. The embroidered designs were worked separately and then appliquéd to dark red silk cut velvet. On each apparel a center medallion framed by strapwork depicts a saint in three-quarter view. Both saints hold books, and one holds a bow and arrow, the other a standard with two banners. The compositions are completed with more foliate strapwork and scrollwork (in mirror image based on a center axis) embellished with couched gilt cording highlighted with silvered thread cording.
Artwork Details
- Title: Apparel made into cushion
- Date: 17th century
- Culture: Spanish
- Medium: Silk; metal; linen; wool; hemp
- Dimensions: 16 1/2 x 21 in. (41.9 x 53.3 cm)
- Classification: Textiles-Miscellaneous
- Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
- Object Number: 1975.1.1893
- Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection
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Spanish
first third of the 17th century
Spanish
17th century
Jacques Goullons
ca. 1645–48
German, perhaps Frankfurt-am-Main
ca. 1705–11
German, Berlin
ca. 1765
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