Cope
maker
Unknown
Date1475-1525
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumSilk velvet, voided and cut; tabby embroidered with silk and gilt yarns
Dimensions135.9 x 302.3 cm (53 1/2 x 119 in.)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberT27w30
eMuseum ID730127
EmbARK ObjectID12911
Alt. No. 1 (Siple)050
TMS Source ID1957
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), pp. 243-44.
“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. 112-113, no. 36.
“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. 112-113, no. 36.
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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