Cope with an Orphrey and a Hood

Unknown Artist

mid-15th–17th century

Cope with an Orphrey and a Hood by Unknown Artist

Medium

Cope-silk, Lining-linen, cotton weave Orphrey- linen plain weave embroidered with silk, gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen Hood-linen plain weave appliquéd with linen plain weave and embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk

Dimensions

Center back neck to hem: 47 1/2 x 163 1/2 in. (hem circumference) (120.6 x 415.3 cm)

Classification

Textiles-Velvets

Culture

Italian, Spanish, or German

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Accession Number

1975.1.1888

Tags

Madonna and ChildSaints

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