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Dutch Late Medieval Goldwork Embroidery: a chasuble cross

Last week, I probably located a beautiful late medieval goldwork embroidery cope in the Dommuseum Frankfurt to its original church […]

This week, we continue our exploration of late medieval goldwork embroidery from the Netherlands. I made an exciting discovery on

This month, we will focus on late medieval goldwork embroidery from the Netherlands. These can be found in collections and

In the 80s, we had an art historian in the Netherlands who started to systematically trawl through historical records to

Last week, we looked at five different embroidered versions of the same Adoration of the Magi design. By changing materials

If you have followed this blog for a while, you already know that medieval goldwork embroidery was mass-produced. The designs

Last week, I wrote about the embroidered late medieval vestments on display in the St Nicolai Church in Kalkar. We

Last year, I visited the St Nicolai Church in Kalkar. The church inventory lists more than 100 medieval vestments in AD 1543.

Before I share my thoughts on the catalogue “Fashion for God”, accompanying the latest textile exhibition at Museum Catharijneconvent, I

When I started work on this week’s stitch tutorial, I had the growing feeling that things weren’t quite what they