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Pearl Embroidery - an embroidered white mitre on display at the museum.

Pearl Embroidery: the Mitre of Sainte-Chapelle, Paris

Last week, we looked at the mitre of St Isidoro, with beautiful pearl embroidery, dating to the second quarter of the 14th century. Today’s mitre with pearl embroidery is slightly younger, dating to the last quarter of the 14th century, and was likely made in Paris. It was once housed Read more

By Acupictrix - Dr Jessica Grimm, 1 yearJanuary 13, 2025 ago

Pearl Embroidery - a blue pearl-embroidered mitre on display in a museum.

14th century

Pearl Embroidery: the Mitre of Saint Isodoro, Bologna, Italy

The Saint Stefano church, one of the churches of the seven-churches complex in Bologna, houses a spectacular mitre with pearl embroidery from the second quarter of the 14th century. The iconography is not your average Christian fare, featuring dragons, birds, and lion masks amid foliage. It is, in fact, so Read more

By Acupictrix - Dr Jessica Grimm, 1 yearJanuary 6, 2025 ago

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