Cope with a Hood

Unknown Artist

early–mid-18th century

Cope with a Hood by Unknown Artist

Medium

Silk, satin weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin, split, and stem stitches; laid work and padded couching; lined with silk, plain weave; watered (moir‚).

Dimensions

A (cope): 57 x 159 1/2 in. (full width) (144.8 x 405.2 cm); B (hood): 19 1/4 x 15 3/4 in. (48.9 x 40 cm)

Classification

Textiles-Ecclesiastical

Culture

Italian

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Accession Number

1975.1.1810A,B

Tags

Flowers

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