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A work made of silk cut velvet embroidered with couched gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk; later additions: orphrey band.
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  • A work made of silk cut velvet embroidered with couched gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk; later additions: orphrey band.

Date:

1450/1500

Artist:

Probably Spain

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Cope

Place

Spain (Object made in)

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Made 1450–1500

Medium

Silk cut velvet embroidered with couched gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk; later additions: orphrey band

Dimensions

121.7 × 313.8 cm (47 7/8 × 123 1/2 in.); Repeat: 54 × 28.5 cm (21 1/4 × 11 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Walter Byron Smith

Reference Number

1971.644

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