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Cope of the Order of the Golden Fleece
The Kaiserliche Schatzkammer in Vienna, Austria, houses a remarkable cope that dates to the early fifteenth century and was produced in the southern Netherlands or beyond. It is worked in the or nué technique, with couched gold thread embroidery. This technique was popular in The Netherlands in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The cope measures 164 x 330 cm.
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