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Embroidered vestments - White chasuble (detail back) with Bohemian embroidery, Germanisches Nationalmuseum KG 1331.
15th century

Embroidered vestments of Gdańsk’s St Mary’s Church

Last week, I reviewed the long-awaited catalogue on the textiles of the Halberstadt Cathedral Treasury. Another Cathedral Treasury with many embroidered vestments from the late medieval period is now divided between Germany and Poland. As in Halberstadt, the textiles of Gdańsk’s St Mary’s Church had survived in the Cathedral Treasury Read more

By Dr Jessica Grimm, 2 months3. November 2025 ago
Stumpwork - Chasuble Dommuseum Wien, detail with St Paul
16th century

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 Read more

By Dr Jessica Grimm, 5 months14. July 2025 ago
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