Velvet Gothic Cope, c. 1400/1499

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Medium

velvet: dyed silk warp and weft; trim: dyed silk, spun silver and silver-gilt yarn, silver tinsel; lining: dyed silk warp and weft

Dimensions

overall: 124.5 x 259.3 cm (49 x 102 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.472

Artists / Makers

Italian 15th Century (artist)

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Provenance

(Giuseppe Salvadori, Florence); inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, after purchase 10 July 1922 by funds of Joseph E. Widener; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Widener, Joseph E.

Bibliography

1942: Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 20.