Cope
This cope with a self-orphery is pieced from dark green silk cut voided velvet patterned in an allover stepped repeat of a five-lobed shape enclosing a symmetrically placed stylized plant reminiscent of a pomegranate. The lobed shape is surmounted by smaller plant devices on a branch that echoes its outline. Two fragments, a chasuble, and a cope in cut voided velvet in a similar pattern are in the Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels.
Artwork Details
- Title: Cope
- Date: mid-15th century
- Culture: Italian or Spanish
- Medium: Silk cut velvet
- Dimensions: 51 1/2 x 170 1/2 in. (circumference of hem) (130 x 433.07 cm)
- Classification: Textiles-Ecclesiastical
- Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
- Object Number: 1975.1.1843
- Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection
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