Dalmatic front in cut red silk velvet with "pomegranate" dec - Lot 79

Dalmatic front in cut red silk velvet with "pomegranate" decoration and two panels embroidered in silk and silver thread depicting apostles under arcatures supported by fine string columns and surmounted by architecture with roofs and pinnacles; each apostle holds a book and an attribute: top panel, saints Peter (keys) and Philip (cross), bottom panel, saints Paul (sword) and Thomas (spear); gold and silk thread braids of foliage friezes. Italy, Florence, mid-15th century H. 119 cm - L. 140 cm Old label Ref.1/3 15461 (wear, accidents, missing parts and restorations) Works consulted : - M-A Privat-Savigny, Au temps de Laurent le Magnifique, tissus italiens de la Renaissance, 2008, p.50, cat.32. - Exhibition Paris 2019-2020, L'art en broderie au Moyen Âge, Autour des collections du musée de Cluny, Musée de Cluny, cat.62, p.93.