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Cope

Italy, probably VeniceLinkedCulture matchlcp-110c063bfeda

Date: 1460-1470
Medium: Silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound by main warps in weft-float faced 1:4 'S' twill interlacings and with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet
Culture: Venice
Department: Textiles
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 50886

From the Art Institute of Chicago record

Velvet textiles often formed the foundation for the most sumptuous ecclesiastical vestments, or ceremonial attire, worn by European clergy. The cope, a cape-like garment, is worn during processions. It is usually decorated with a band of embroidery, or orphery, on its straight edge. These precious textile components were often separated to increase their value on the art market in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Credit line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Provenance: Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles CA, by May 18, 1944 [invoice, inventory no. 11648, Sept. 5, 1944; incoming receipt R8156, May 18, 1944; copies in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1944.