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Cope with an Orphrey and a Hood

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Cope-silk Lining-linen cotton weave Orphrey- linen plain weave embroidered with silk gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen Hood-linen plain weave appliquéd with linen plain weave and embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, Italian Spanish or German
Robert Lehman Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Robert Lehman Collection 1975
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Title: Cope with an Orphrey and a Hood
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Cope-silk Lining-linen cotton weave Orphrey- linen plain weave embroidered with silk gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen Hood-linen plain weave appliquéd with linen plain weave and embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, Italian Spanish or German.

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