Cope hood
date: label: Date
content: 16th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Shield-shaped cope hood showing the Madonna and Child standing on a crescent within an oval, flanked by two angels on each side. The figures are embroidered in polychrome silks, while the entire background is filled with gold metallic yarns laid with couching stitches.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Pierpont Morgan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1902-1-909
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Cope hood
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk and metallic embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in couching stitches in silk and metallic yarns on plain weave foundation Label: linen embroidered in silk and metallic yarns
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 53 x 46 cm (20 7/8 x 18 1/8 in.)