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Cope made of silk damask, lined with silk and with a hood and orphreys of canvas covered with silk damask and embroidered, designed by Sir Ninian Comper, woven by Perkins and Sons Ltd., and embroidered by the Sisters of Bethany's School of Embroidery, Lon

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Cope made of silk damask, lined with silk and with a hood and orphreys of canvas covered with silk damask and embroidered, designed by Sir Ninian Comper, woven by Perkins and Sons Ltd., and embroidered by the Sisters of Bethany's School of Embroidery, London, ca. 1890. Cope made of red silk damask and lined with green silk with twill weave, and with a hood and orphreys of canvas covered with blue silk damask and embroidered with floss silks and with gold thread in long and short, split satin and stem stitches with laid and couched work or nué. The hood is trimmed with a fringed braid of red, white and green silk. The decoration on the hood is of the Pentecost. On the right hand orphrey there are Saint David of Wales, Saint Hilda (Abbess), and Saint Columba of Scotland. On the left hand orphrey there are Saint Edward the Confessor, Saint Margaret of Scotland, and Saint Patrick of Ireland.  Silk damask lined with silk, canvas covered with silk damask and embroidered with silk and gold threads, and trimmed with a fringed braid of silk.
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Title: Cope made of silk damask, lined with silk and with a hood and orphreys of canvas covered with silk damask and embroidered, designed by Sir Ninian Comper, woven by Perkins and Sons Ltd., and embroidered by the Sisters of Bethany's School of Embroidery, Lon
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Cope made of silk damask, lined with silk and with a hood and orphreys of canvas covered with silk damask and embroidered, designed by Sir Ninian Comper, woven by Perkins and Sons Ltd.
, and embroidered by the Sisters of Bethany's School of Embroidery, London, ca.
1890.
 Cope made of red silk damask and lined with green silk with twill weave, and with a hood and orphreys of canvas covered with blue silk damask and embroidered with floss silks and with gold thread in long and short, split satin and stem stitches with laid and couched work or nué.
The hood is trimmed with a fringed braid of red, white and green silk.
The decoration on the hood is of the Pentecost.
On the right hand orphrey there are Saint David of Wales, Saint Hilda (Abbess), and Saint Columba of Scotland.
On the left hand orphrey there are Saint Edward the Confessor, Saint Margaret of Scotland, and Saint Patrick of Ireland.
  Silk damask lined with silk, canvas covered with silk damask and embroidered with silk and gold threads, and trimmed with a fringed braid of silk.

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