Cope
Date16th Century
MediumDamask: silk. Galloon: silk and metallic thread.
ClassificationsTextiles
Dimensions116 1/2 × 55 3/4 inches (295.91 × 141.61 cm)
Credit LineCity of Detroit Purchase
Object number19.158
DescriptionCope, composed of two different types of five shaft green silk damasks and patched with a third. The late- seventeenth century damask of the orphrey is more blue in color than the earlier silks of the body of the cope and the patch. Silk and metallic galloon outlines orphrey and shield. Shield lined with glazed natural linen, cope with blue linen. Two metal hooks as fasteners.On View
Not on viewLocations
- Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, Euro. Sculpture & Decorative Art
15th Century
17th/18th Century
18th Century
1880s
1890s
1835/1850
early 19th Century
18th Century
1766/1767
