Brocatelle cope with an ogive pattern of formal jardiniere and plant motives in yellow and white, on a background of red satin. The cope is ornamented with wide gold braid.
Italian
Cope,
1550-1600
Silk brocatelle
,
134.6 x 279.4 cm (53 x 110 in.)
Object details
Accession number
T26e20
Primary Creator
Italian
Full title
Cope
Creation Date
1550-1600
Description
Leaves, Floral
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1903.
Dimensions
134.6 x 279.4 cm (53 x 110 in.)
Display Media
Silk brocatelle
Web Commentary
Isabella 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Titian Room
Bibliography
Adolph 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.
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Isabella 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.
