About This Artwork
Cope18th century
Silk, plain weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal strips, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in cross, outline, satin, split, and stem stitches; laid work, couching and French knots; metal paillettes; gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk woven fringe on hood
142.7 x 294.4 cm (56 1/8 x 115 7/8 in.)
Purchased from the Field Museum of Natural History, 1907.899
Textiles
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
The Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery
"Vestments and Liturgical Textiles from the Permanent Collection," July 27–October 9, 1983