Cope with a Hood
Object type: Cope with hood
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Culture: Italian
Date: early–mid-18th century
Medium: Silk, satin weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with  silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin, split, and stem  stitches; laid work and padded couching; lined with silk, plain weave;  watered (moir‚).
Dimensions: A (cope):  57 x 159 1/2 in. (full width) (144.8 x 405.2 cm);   B (hood):  19 1/4 x 15 3/4 in. (48.9 x 40 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Ecclesiastical
Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession year: 1975
Tags: Flowers