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They are believed to have originally been part of a coronation robe  donated by Richard of Cornwall among other objects to the coronation collegiate of Aachen in 1262. \nIn 1848 the fragments were separated from the robe in order to decorate a chasuble. The V&amp;A acquired its fragment in 1863. In 1893, it underwent a restoration procedure used on a number of fragmentary historical textiles at that time, which had incomplete pattern repeats - it was glued to cardboard, and a watercolour painting was made alongside to indicate how the pattern would have looked if completed. The painting, commissioned from Blanche F Hunter, a professional artist, was skilfully done to imitate the texture of threads and stitches.","physicalDescription":"worked in couched gold thread, and silk in split stitch, on silk satin. Design of winged griffin-like creature, and scrolling foliage.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silk (textile)","id":"AAT243428"},{"text":"gold","id":"AAT11021"},{"text":"satin","id":"AAT132902"}],"techniques":[{"text":"embroidering","id":"AAT53653"},{"text":"couching","id":"AAT53654"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Embroidered in gold and silk on blue silk satin","categories":[{"text":"Ecclesiastical textiles","id":"THES48962"},{"text":"Embroidery","id":"THES48960"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&F","id":"THES48601"},"images":["2020MM0110","2011ET5781"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"010","id":"THES310635"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Embroidery","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Germany","id":"x28873"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"probably"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1250-1300","earliest":"1250-01-01","latest":"1300-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"424-1893","id":"O292617"},"association":""}],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"36.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"27/08/2013","earliest":"2013-08-27","latest":"2013-08-27"},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"44","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"27/08/2013","earliest":"2013-08-27","latest":"2013-08-27"},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"The fragment was acquired from the Bock collection. It relates to the so-called Lucca Chasuble at Aachen Cathedral in Germany.The chasuble is believed to have been made up in 1848 from an existing garment which may have been one of two recorded as being donated by Richard of Cornwall to the cathedral in 1262. Richard's symbols include crowned lions and griffinns, which appear on the chasuble. Some fragments were left after the conversion into a chasuble, and over a period of 20 years Bock sold these to various museum collections. There are also now fragemnts in Aachen Suermondt-Ludwig, the Musée des Tissus in Lyon, and the Cluny Museum in Paris.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"blue silk,  embroidered in gold, 1250-1300, German; joined to painted card 424-1893","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Illustrated and described in Verlorene Schätze : Ehemalige Schatzstücke aus dem Aachener Domschatz , ed G Minkenberg and S Ben Kayed, 2014 , cat. no. 29, together with associated pieces from other collections."}],"production":".","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"griffins","id":"x30123"},{"text":"foliage","id":"AAT165387"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"EMBROIDERY, dark blue silk with pattern in gold of griffins and foliage. <i>Greek</i>. 12th cent<sup>y</sup>. L. 1ft 4<sup>½</sup>in., W.12<sup>½ </sup>in.\r\nBought (Bock Coll<sup>n</sup>). 8580-1863","date":{"text":"1863","earliest":"1863-01-01","latest":"1863-12-31"}},{"text":"PIECE of dark blue silk, with embroidery of gold thread stitched down (irregularly couched), in a pattern of griffins with scroll and foliated tails. ?<i>German</i>. Early 13<sup>th</sup> cent<sup>y</sup>. 1ft 4<sup>½</sup>in by 12<sup>½</sup>in. Bought (Bock Coll<sup>n</sup>).\n8580-1863\nA more complete example of this kind of work and ornament may be seen in chasuble no. 673-1864.","date":{"text":"1888","earliest":"1888-01-01","latest":"1888-12-31"}},{"text":"FRAGMENT with winged griffins. GERMAN(?) 13th century. Couched gold thread, and coloured silks in split stitch on satin. The so-called chasuble of St. Bernard (1090-1153) at Aachen shows embroidery of identical character. 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