Cope
1500–1525
- Medium
- 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
- Dimensions
- 114.5 × 290 cm (45 × 114 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
cotton (textile)medallionsliturgicalflowersgilt-and-silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silktwill weavingsilk (textile)needlework (visual works)Textileweaving - velvetcouching (embroidering)weavingembroidering