 Opus Anglicanum was famous throughout Europe . A " Gregory of London " was working in Rome as a gold @-@ embroiderer to Pope Alexander IV in 1263 , and the Vatican inventory in Rome of 1295 records well over 100 pieces of English work . Notable surviving examples of Opus Anglicanum include Syon Cope and the Butler @-@ Bowden Cope of 1330 – 50 in the Victoria and Albert Museum , embroidered with silver and silver @-@ gilt thread and coloured silks on silk velvet , which was disassembled and later reassembled into a cope in the 19th century . 
