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| Opus Anglicanum COPE HEAD, c.1500 |
£3400 |
Opus Anglicanum (Latin for "English work") is an exquisite, highly prized style of medieval embroidery. Produced in England from the 12th through to the begging of the 16th Century, it utilized fine split stitches and underside couching with gold, silver, and silk threads to create luxurious ecclesiastical and secular garments. And recognized as the finest needlework throughout Europe.
16TH CENTURY VELVET & METAL THREAD EMBROIDERED LITURGICAL PANEL, probably English, c. 1490-1535, Representing the shield (hood) of a cope depicting the Baptism of Christ on a meadowy ground, within coiled silk ribbon border.
The Meadowy ground can be linked to a number of needleworks, notably the Nevile Alter front c.1535, but the motifs in yellow and silver gilt threads , a development of Angels and fleurs-de-lis motifs on the red velvet ground would sagest a date of late 15th Century.
Provenance: private collection Gwynedd, Family history suggests this was acquired in the 1930s.
Cf. V&A comparable - The Neville Altar Frontal (accession no. 35-1888) and an altar frontal (accession no. 36-1888) both with characteristic English meadowy grounds dated to the second quarter of the 16th Century.
see also the cope with hood c.1490-1525 in the Art institute Chicago
This appears to have had restoration in the 19th C. More recently repaired and mounted by a conservator at the Royal School of Needlework.Comments: later framed, silk worn, some historic and later repairs, |
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