Caption

Church cope, church copes; liturgical vestment decorated with flowers, leaves and plant ornaments; church paraments; sacred art; furnishings for churches and chapels; 18th century, France; height 140 cm, width 136 cm., An oval-shaped textile item lies flat on a pale background, showing a worn central panel of dull gold and beige fabric with a slightly shiny, textured surface and visible seams; the top section features a rectangular inset of lighter cream fabric with a floral embroidered pattern in green, pink, and muted red tones framed by gold trim; the outer edges reveal a narrow border of faded red and small areas of darker gold trim, and the overall piece displays creases, fraying, and subtle variations of beige, gold, cream, green, pink, red, and muted brown.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_361

License type

Rights managed

Available size

58.3Mb (2.9Mb) / 20.0in x 11.3in / 6000 x 3397 (300dpi)

Keywords

Church cope church copes liturgical vestment decorated flowers leaves plant ornaments church paraments sacred art furnishings churches chapels 18th century France height 140 cm width 136 cm oval-shaped textile item lies flat pale background showing worn central panel dull gold beige fabric slightly shiny textured surface visible seams top section features rectangular inset lighter cream fabric floral embroidered pattern green pink muted red tones framed gold trim outer edges reveal narrow border faded red small areas darker gold trim piece displays creases fraying subtle variations beige gold cream muted brown.