Category: Austria


  • Stumpwork: a cope hood from the Vienna Cathedral Teasury

    After looking at a stumpwork chasuble from Merseburg and another stumpwork chasuble from Vienna, it is now time to explore a very special piece of stumpwork embroidery. The Dommuseum Wien has a magnificent cope hood from the Cathedral Treasury on permanent display. Thanks to the cathedral accounts, the piece can be precisely dated to the…

  • Stumpwork: a chasuble from the Dommuseum Vienna, Austria

    Last week, we looked at a beautiful stumpwork chasuble kept at Merseburg Cathedral. This week, we will continue our exploration of late medieval stumpwork embroidery with a stunning chasuble kept at the Dommuseum in Vienna, Austria. As I haven’t been able to find published material for this chasuble, I don’t know how it ended up…