Cloak
1560-1600 (made)
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Man’s three-quarter circular cloak made of crimson silk damask of 5-end satin with a large-scale pattern of stylised plants and crowns, arranged in a diamond shape. It is decorated with 53 stylised foliate motifs couched with silver and silver gilt filé, twist and crimson silk floss, applied along the front openings and hem, and bordered with silver-gilt filé couched over thick, plied linen thread. The seams are covered with couched silver-gilt filé. The cloak has a 3 ¼ inch (8 cm) deep collar, applied with six couched motifs and bordered with silver-gilt filé couched over thick, plied linen thread. The cloak is faced with crimson silk taffeta and probably originally had a lining.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, linen, gold, silver; hand-woven damask, hand-embroidery, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Man's cloak, 1560-1600, Spanish; Crimson silk damask, applied silver-gilt embroidery |
| Physical description | Man’s three-quarter circular cloak made of crimson silk damask of 5-end satin with a large-scale pattern of stylised plants and crowns, arranged in a diamond shape. It is decorated with 53 stylised foliate motifs couched with silver and silver gilt filé, twist and crimson silk floss, applied along the front openings and hem, and bordered with silver-gilt filé couched over thick, plied linen thread. The seams are covered with couched silver-gilt filé. The cloak has a 3 ¼ inch (8 cm) deep collar, applied with six couched motifs and bordered with silver-gilt filé couched over thick, plied linen thread. The cloak is faced with crimson silk taffeta and probably originally had a lining. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Claire Thornton, ‘Embroidered silk damask cloak’, in 17th-Century Men’s Dress Patterns, 1600-1630, by Melanie Braun et al. Thames & Hudson and V&A Museum, 2016, pp.134-141 |
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| Accession number | T.202-1965 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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