Cope
maker
Unknown
Date1500-1525
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumSilk velvet, voided and cut; linen tabby embroidered with silk and gilt yarns
Dimensions129.5 x 274.3 cm (51 x 108 in.)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberT27w29
eMuseum ID729414
EmbARK ObjectID12638
Alt. No. 1 (Siple)049
Alt. No. 2 (Cavallo)037
TMS Source ID1707
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 243.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 45 (10 Jul. 1966), p. 2.
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), pp. 112-13, no. 37.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 45 (10 Jul. 1966), p. 2.
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), pp. 112-13, no. 37.
ProvenanceNotesProbably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Spanish painter and museum director José Villegas Cordero (1844-1921), Rome, 1895.
Unknown
about 1725-1775
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