Cope
previously catalogued as by Queen Catherine (of Aragon) (1485-1536)
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Silk, Velvet
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Coughton Court, Warwickshire
NT 135701
Summary
Cover; Cope reputed to have been worked by Queen Catherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII. Purple velvet, the border embroidered with the Virgin and Child and with figures of saints in niches in coloured silks and metal threads and with detached sprays and emblems. Early 16th century.
Full description
The antiquary Charles Henry Hartshorne (1802-65) recorded in 'English Medieval Embroidery' (1848) an illustration of an embroidered eagle motif 'from a cope, removed two years ago by Sir - Throgmorton from Weston Underwood, Northamptonshire' (Plate 24). This may document the movement of the Coughton cope between the Throckmorton estates along with other valuable items and fittings in the years before and following the partial demolition of the house at Weston Underwood in 1827.
Makers and roles
previously catalogued as by Queen Catherine (of Aragon) (1485-1536), embroiderer