Low Countries - Acupictrix - Dr Jessica Grimm

Medieval Goldwork Embroidery - chasuble cross detail

19. May 20254. September 202516th century, Diocesan Museum Osnabrück, Low Countries

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 in the […]

Late medieval goldwork embroidery - detail orphrey

12. May 20254. September 202516th century, Frankfurt Cathedral, Low Countries

Dutch late medieval goldwork embroidery: a cope from Hulst

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

Medieval Goldwork Embroidery - two Dutch dalmatics

5. May 20254. September 202516th century, Castello Buonconsiglio, Low Countries

Dutch Late Medieval Goldwork Embroidery: two dalmatics

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

Hand-made illumination of a medieval lady embroidering.

26. November 202417. January 202514th century, 15th century, 16th century, Low Countries, Medieval Embroiderers

Late Medieval Embroidery Guilds in the Low Countries

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

18. November 202417. January 202515th century, 16th century, Low Countries

Design process of late medieval embroidered vestments

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

11. November 20244. September 202515th century, 16th century, Catharijne Convent Utrecht, Frankfurt Cathedral, Low Countries, Musée Cluny, Musee Diocesain de Namur

Mass-produced medieval goldwork embroidery: The Adoration of the Magi

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

14. October 20244. September 202516th century, Low Countries, St Nicolai Kalkar

Late medieval vestments in the St Nicolai Church in Kalkar, part II

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

8. October 20244. September 202516th century, Low Countries, St Nicolai Kalkar

Late Medieval Vestments in the St. Nicolai Church in Kalkar, part I

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

8. April 202421. October 2025Books, Catharijne Convent Utrecht, Low Countries

Book Review: Fashion for God, exhibition catalogue

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

Stitch Tutorial - Detail Dalmatic (Nativity) of the Schlosser Ornat, Inv. Nr. 124 I-III, Dommuseum Frankfurt.

18. March 202428. October 202515th century, Frankfurt Cathedral, Low Countries, Tutorial

Stitch Tutorial: a Dutch column made in Cologne?

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

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