© Victoria and Albert Museum
Embroidered Cope
Artist: Medieval
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Date: 1325
Materials: velvet, gold thread, pearls, & green beads
Grant:
Amount Paid: £5,000 (Total: £33,000)
Review number: 1774 (1955)
Provenance:
By descent through the Butler - Bowden family since the Reformation; Col W. Butler Bowden.
Description:
Fan-like in shape, decorated with Gothic arcading and scenes of the Coronation of the Virgin, the Adoration of the Magi, and the Annunciation. At some time the cope was cut up, then reassembled in 1854.
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