Textile Antiques has dated this Spanish Velvet Ecclesiastical Cope to the 16th Century.
Lawrence - and two others, each a martyr’s crown and palm leaves, amid curling acanthus leaves between borders of narrow scrolls, above a burgundy and yellow silk fringe and widths of plain burgundy silk velvet. With an attached label attesting the cope’s origin in the Royal Chapel…
‘ 2 ECLESIASTIC COPE
RED VELVET WITH BROAD BORDER EMBROIDERED IN GOLD AND SILVER EMBELLISHED WITH THE COAT OF ARMS OF THE ESCORIAL AND THE ROYAL CROWN OF THE DEFENDER OF THE FAITH.
FROM THE ROYAL CHAPEL *OF THE ESCORIAL THE HOME OF THE SPANISH KINGS
PERIOD PHILIP 11 1527 - 1599 ’
The orphrey may be compared to that on a 16th century cope made in the workshops established by Philip II in El Escorial and now on display in the Galería de las Colecciones Reales, Madrid (inv. 10050216).
Provenance: The collection of Rafaello Amati.
Textile Antiques has dated this Spanish Velvet Ecclesiastical Cope to the 16th Century.
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A Spanish Velvet Cope
