Cope
maker
Unknown
Date1550-1600
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumSilk brocatelle
Dimensions134.6 x 279.4 cm (53 x 110 in.)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberT26e20
eMuseum ID725120
Alt. No. 1 (Siple)035
Alt. No. 2 (Cavallo)166a
Alt. No. 4 (Old Cavallo)172Ba
EmbARK ObjectID13735
TMS Source ID2610
Last Updated11/14/24
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.
BibliographyNotesAdolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), pp. 168-69, no. 127. (as Italian or Spanish, dated 1550-1600)
Christine M. E. Guth. "Dress, Self-Fashioning and Display at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum" in Charlotte Nicklas and Annebella Pollen (eds.). Dress History: New Directions in Theory and Practice (London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic), p. 119.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p.218.
Christine M. E. Guth. "Dress, Self-Fashioning and Display at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum" in Charlotte Nicklas and Annebella Pollen (eds.). Dress History: New Directions in Theory and Practice (London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic), p. 119.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p.218.
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1903.
