Cope with Hood

Italy

Date

19th century (adaptation of a 17th century textile design)

Medium

Silk, wild silk and gilt-metal-strip, plain weave with plain interlacing of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; edged with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts forming weft loop fringe; lined with silk, plain weave

Dimensions

130.4 × 254.7 cm (51 1/4 × 100 1/4 in.); Repeat: 64.8 × 26.8 cm (25 1/2 × 10 5/8 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. William J. Robertson