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St. Annen Museum Lübeck

Goldwork embroidery Tutorial - Fancy Floral Blanket
15th century

Goldwork Embroidery Tutorial: Fancy Floral Blanket

In the past, my tutorials have shown you how to layer different layers of embroidery on top of each other to get a particularly sumptuous result. This goldwork embroidery tutorial will add to your skills. This time, you will add a beautiful layer of silken flowers freehand. That’s right—no pattern Read more

By Acupictrix - Dr Jessica Grimm, 11 monthsNovember 25, 2025 ago
Embroidered vestments - Green cope with embroidered orphreys (detail), M 25, Sankt Annen Museum.
15th century

Embroidered vestments of Gdańsk’s St Mary’s Church III

The past two weeks, we have looked at two beautifully embroidered vestments from the Cathedral Treasury of Gdańsk, Poland. The first one was a white chasuble with Bohemian embroidery, and the second one was a red chasuble with locally produced embroidery. Both chasubles are on permanent display in the Germanisches Read more

By Acupictrix - Dr Jessica Grimm, 11 monthsNovember 17, 2025 ago
Halberstadt - Embroidered version of St Georg and the dragon.
16th century

Halberstadt & Lübeck: must-visit medieval textiles

In a bid to compensate people for high energy prices, Germany offers regional transport tickets for only 9 euros per month during June, July, and August. Apparently, to get commuters out of their cars and into public transport. Good luck to those of us living in rural areas. For example, Read more

By Acupictrix - Dr Jessica Grimm, 4 yearsJune 25, 2022 ago

Medieval Splendour in Gold thread & Silk

The Acupictrix, alias Dr Jessica Grimm, writes a weekly blog on medieval goldwork embroidery.

Dr Jessica Grimm is a member of Centre International d'Etude des Textiles Ancienes (CIETA), Bundesverband Kunsthandwerk and S.E.W.

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