Italy - Acupictrix - Dr Jessica Grimm

Goldwork Embroidery from Venice – 14th-century Mitre KG 709

In the coming blog posts, we will look at medieval goldwork embroidery produced in Venice, Italy. We are going to […]

Over the past couple of weeks, we have explored several pieces of medieval goldwork embroidery housed in the Cathedral Treasury

This week, we will look at an Opus romanum antependium from the late 13th century kept in the Cathedral treasury

Several Italian museums hold Opus anglicanum embroidered vestments. On the one hand, this is a testament to Opus anglicanum being

This goldwork tutorial shows you how to make a simple padded background for your goldwork or stumpwork embroidery. We saw

We continue our exploration of medieval goldwork from Tuscany with a couple of stunning orphreys. One is kept in a

This month, we will examine medieval goldwork from Tuscany, Italy. I was fortunate enough to see many of these pieces

The Saint Stefano church, one of the churches of the seven-churches complex in Bologna, houses a spectacular pearl-embroidered mitre from

By now, you probably know that chasing embroidered medieval vestments is kinda my thing :). Although I am fortunate enough

A couple of weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to finally visit the Cathedral Treasury of Anagni near Rome, Italy.