Italian 17th Century Silk Velvet Cope with French 15th Century Orphrey
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Italian 17th Century Silk Velvet Cope with French 15th Century Orphrey:
$11500.00
Italian 17th century cope vestment from Italy with a 15thcentury French embroidered orphrey, lined. The cope is made up from six lengthsof ferronnerie deep green silk velvet with lobes containing stylized artichokesand pomegranates. The Orphrey: Orphrey bands use a mix of Disciples, Saints andMary holding Jesus, as does this one. The figures were typically chosenaccording to the church they represent. This orphrey band has 8 males, 2females and 8 have halos and the needlework consists of silk, wool, linen andmetal thread. All the figures stand on patterned floors beneath Gothic archesresting on columns in the ten narrow rectangles of the orphrey band. TheFleur-de-lis, symbolic in French heraldry, on the Gothic arch is one clue usedto discern that this piece was made in France.Condition: The cope, silk velvet has typical rub from being worn butoverall excellent condition. The orphrey, missing areas of needlework withexposed linen ground and loose threads, typical of something over 500 yearsold. Common to have two different aged pieces married together. The clasp infront is a replacement.
Provenance: From the Collection of Sallie Casey Thayer ofKansas City. In 1917 Ms. Thayer offered her collections to the University ofKansas Museum of Art that established a wing in 1928 solely for thesecollections. This piece was purchased as a deaccession. A similar cope with thesame orphrey pattern can be seen in the book: European Textiles in the RobertLehman Collection, page 74, item 22. The Bernheimer Collection in Munich hastwo chasubles and a dalmatic with similar patterned silk and orphrey.
Condition: Mainlywear on the orphrey from age but still bright and colorful and is consistent ofsomething over 500 years old.
Overall size: HEIGHT: 53 in | WIDTH: 117 in
HEIGHT: 134.62 cm | WIDTH: 297.18 cm
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Italian 17th Century Silk Velvet Cope with French 15th Century Orphrey:
$11500.00