Our fifteenth calendar post is a mended shirt. From Forsby church, Sweden.
Here we can see a close up on the patch. The patch is sewn on to the outside of the shirt. Both the patch and the shirt are made in linen.
The item dates to 1250- 1350 AD.
Now in collections of Historiska museet, Sweden
Our fourteenth calendar post is a double weave. From Marby church, Sweden.
Here we can see a close up on the backside of the weave. The wool yarn is dyed with madder and woad. The white yarn is made of linen/ or hemp.
The weave dates to 1000-1200 AD.
Now in collections of Historiska museet, Sweden
Our thirteenth calendar post is a long armed cross stitch embroidery. The embroidery comes from Fogdö church, Sweden
Here we can see Maria Magdalena. Material is wool on linen.
The embroidery dates 1475- 1500 AD.
Now in collections of Historiska museet, Sweden
Our twelfth calendar post is a cocktail of things. It’s a relief velvet, a selvage of the velvet, a woven band and a embroidery in gold thread. The object is a cope from Vallentuna, Sweden
The majority of the materials are in silk. The embroidery seems be made on linen or hemp fabric.
The cope dates 1450- 1500 AD.
Now in collections of Historiska museet, Sweden
Our eleventh calendar post is a tablet woven band with a fringe attached to a cope. From Ösmo church, Sweden.
The band is made out if silk or linen and the fringe is made out of silk and linen. It’s green, white and a now faded orange/ red.
The fringe dates to 15th- 16th century.
Now in collections of Historiska museet, Sweden
Our tenth calendar post is three pieces of silver posament. From Birka, Björkö, Sweden.
The posaments are made of very thin silver spirals and they have been sewn onto clothes and personal items as decorations.
The finds dates to Viking age, 800- 1050 AD.
Now in collections of Historiska museet, Sweden
Our ninth calendar post is a piece of a sleeve made in wool. From Högom, Sweden.
Here we can see a close up on the inside of the decorative seam and also a piece of the backside on the cufflink.
The find from Högom dates to 400- 550 AD.
Now in collections of Historiska museet, Sweden
Our eight calendar post is not one item but three. The are felted wool soles. From Söderköping, Sweden.
Here we can see a pair of soles for children shoes and one sole for an adult shoe.
The soles are dated to 1250- 1500.
Now in collections of Historiska museet, Sweden
Our seventh calendar post is a purse made out of a reused embroidery, with a backside of leather, from an unknown Swedish church.
Here we can see Maria Magdalena. The embroidery is made out of silk and metal thread.
The dating is late 15th or early 16th century.
Now in collections of Historiska museet, Sweden
Our sixth calendar post is a soumac weave from Skog, Sweden.
Here we can see a close up on one of the animals on the weave. The weave have a warp of linen and weft of the same, plus madder and woad dyed wool yarn.
It’s dated to 13th century.
Now in collections of Historiska museet, Sweden
