id:			114589
accession number:	1934.206
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1934.206
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:25.469000

Coif, late 1500s. England, Elizabethan Period, late 16th century. Silk, gold and silver thread, sequins, padding, linen; embroidery; overall: 21 x 42.2 cm (8 1/4 x 16 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1934.206

title:				Coif
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creation date:			late 1500s
creation date earliest:		1580
creation date latest:		1599
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	England, Elizabethan Period, late 16th century
technique:	Silk, gold and silver thread, sequins, padding, linen; embroidery
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Embroidery
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measurements: Overall: 21 x 42.2 cm (8 1/4 x 16 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
	opening date:   1941-06-23T04:00:00
	<i>The Silver Jubilee Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

	title:		Only for Beauty? (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
	opening date:   2014-12-08T05:00:00
	<i>Only for Beauty? (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 2014-December 7, 2015).

	title:		Art of Embroidery in Late Medieval Europe (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
	opening date:   2020-12-19T05:00:00
	<i>Art of Embroidery in Late Medieval Europe (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 19, 2020-April 11, 2021).

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RELATED WORKS

	id: 		114624
	Forehead Cloth, late 1500s. England, Elizabethan Period, late 16th century. Silk, gold and silver thread, sequins, padding, linen; embroidery; overall: 16.8 x 38.7 cm (6 5/8 x 15 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1934.231
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CITATIONS

	Underhill, Gertrude. "Old Embroideries in the Museum: Three English Embroideries." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 21, no. 8 (1934).
	page number: 	p. 123-25
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25137641

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 264
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n55

	Nguyen, Tricia Wilson. “Scandal and Imprisonment: Gold Spinners of 17th Century England.” In <em>Hidden Stories/ Human Lives: Proceedings of the Textile Society of America 17th Biennial Symposium, October 15-17, 2020</em>. (2021).
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	url:		https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tsaconf/

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