1985.R.112, Red and Gold Dalmatic Robe, Spain or Italy, 18th century


GENERAL DESCRIPTION  
A dalmatic is a wide-sleeved robe worn over the alb and cassock by a deacon at High Mass. This one is of red silk damask onto which are sewn cuffs and clavi descending to an apron of appliqué work composed of light colored silk strapwork, flowers, and leafy scrolls stitched with gold-wrapped threads over a red velvet ground. The bird with open wings represents the Holy Spirit. 

Excerpt from
Dallas Museum of Art, The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art, 1985), 212.

NOTES
TMS Updates
place of origin
provenance
published references
text entry
Added Costume as a Classification

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures

Geography 

Process/materials

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 
Until 1985: Emery Reves (1904-1983) and Wendy Reves (1916-2007) (owned jointly), La Pausa, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France [1]

From 1985: Dallas Museum of Art, The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection, gift of Wendy Reves (1916-2007) [1]

[1] According to: Olivier Meslay and Martha MacLeod, From Chanel to Reves (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art, 2015), 4-5.

AUDIO ASSETS 

VIDEO ASSETS

IMAGE ASSETS

WEB RESOURCES 
YouTube~Watch a video to learn more about the history and symbolism of the dalmatic, the prime liturgical vestment of a deacon.

ARCHIVAL RESOURCES

FUN FACTS

TEACHING IDEAS

RULES
Apply to objects where number equals 1985.R.112


Category
rules_operator
AND
General Description
 
A dalmatic is a wide-sleeved robe worn over the alb and cassock by a deacon at High Mass. This one is of red silk damask onto which are sewn cuffs and clavi descending to an apron of appliqué work composed of light colored silk strapwork, flowers, and leafy scrolls stitched with gold-wrapped threads over a red velvet ground. The bird with open wings represents the Holy Spirit. 

Excerpt from
Dallas Museum of Art, The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art, 1985), 212.

Fun Facts

Archival Resources

Web Resources
 
YouTube~Watch a video to learn more about the history and symbolism of the dalmatic, the prime liturgical vestment of a deacon.

Notes
TMS Updates
place of origin
provenance
published references
text entry
Added Costume as a Classification

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures

Geography 

Process/materials

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 
Until 1985: Emery Reves (1904-1983) and Wendy Reves (1916-2007) (owned jointly), La Pausa, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France [1]

From 1985: Dallas Museum of Art, The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection, gift of Wendy Reves (1916-2007) [1]

[1] According to: Olivier Meslay and Martha MacLeod, From Chanel to Reves (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art, 2015), 4-5.

AUDIO ASSETS 

VIDEO ASSETS

rules
Apply To
Objects
number
Equals
1985.R.112
tags
#draft
#completed
%copyedited_Gail
%Archived
birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751
ceremonial objects: AAT: 300234117
religions (belief systems/cultures): AAT: 300073708
*Decorative Arts and Design
decorative arts: AAT: 300054168
@bartsch-allen
Europe (continent): TGN: 1000003
Reves_Wendy: DMA
Reves_Emery: DMA
Villa La Pausa: DMA
Reves_Emery: ULAN: 500444887
Christianity: AAT: 300073711
religious objects: AAT: 300234098
red (color): AAT: 300126225
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
robes: AAT: 300209852
symbolism: AAT: 300055865
Italy (nation): TGN: 1000080
Jesus Christ (Christian figure): ULAN: 500344051
ceremonial costume: AAT: 300210387
costume: AAT: 300209261
symbol: AAT: 300055878
textile art (visual works): AAT: 300386843
Spain (nation): TGN: 1000095
scrolling foliage: AAT: 300165387
flower (motif): AAT: 300375563
silk (textile): AAT: 300243428
gold (color): AAT: 300311191
clothing: AAT: 300266639
Roman Catholicism (Christianity): AAT: 300073730
velvet (fabric weave): AAT: 300133711
liturgical objects: AAT: 300234147
Holy Spirit (Christian): DMA
vestments (liturgical / ceremonial costume): AAT: 300210450
clergy (people in religion): AAT: 300025747
appliqué (technique): AAT: 300053646
damask (weaving technique): AAT: 300163295
dalmatics (tunics): AAT: 300210431
albs (tunics): AAT: 300210415
cassocks (liturgical costume): AAT: 300210423
High Mass: DMA
source file
object_notes_3_b-0101.xml.nores