Object Information

Italy or Spain

Cope, Early 16th century

Silk warp-float faced broken twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; appliquéd with silk and silvered-metal wire, plain weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; embroidered with silk and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk and cotton in satin and split stitches; couching and padded couching; four full panels and two partial panels joined
114.5 x 290 cm (45 x 114 1/4 in.)
Robert Allerton Endowment, 1995.384