This week we are in Italy and are preparing a lecture and analysis of the secret Italian collection.
Here is a picture from today’s work.
Stay tuned for more info! 
15th century
18/ 2018- The weekend picture’s
We would like to wish you all a happy weekend with a historical textile.
This week we focus on a chasuble in silk from Ösmo church, Södermanland, Sweden. The church is whose oldest parts are from the 1100s, is mostly famous for it’s paintings made by Albertus Pictor.
The fabric is a silk damask in a pomegranate pattern, from Italy. Now pale red/ pinkish.
It’s decorated with two different tablet woven bands. The band that is attached to the back of chasuble, in the shape of a cross, is woven in silk with gold thread in the brocading weft. Green and blue silk is still visible on that band. The band that is attached around the neck line is possibly made from linen and have a gold thread in the brocading weft. We find is quite amusing that the neck band is not at all centered in the front.
The shape of the chasuble have been changed and some material have been cut off. The item shows some interesting piecing and give us an idea that the fabric was once very valuable. There are no traces of pattern matching. The seams shows that the silk fabric was sewn together with back stitches. One can see the characteristic V-shaped stitches through the gap in between the pieces.
The linen lining is very impressive with it’s dark blue colour. Most likely dyed with woad.
The chasuble can be found in the collections of Statens Historiska museum in Sweden.
Here is the link to the object in the database. The chasuble is dated to mid -to late 15th century.
Happy weekend!
/ Amica and Maria
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Picture from Historiska museets database
Backside. With the decoration in shape of a cross
Detail of vertical part of cross
Detail from horizontal part of the tablet woven decoration
Detail from horizontal part of the tablet woven decoration
Detail from the tablet woven band attached to the neckline.
Picture from Historiska museets database
Detail of piecing, with stitches
Detail of piecing, with stitches.
Detail of piecing, with stitches
Detail of piecing, bottom end.
Linen lining in dark blue
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17/ 2018 The weekend picture- Fringe frenzy
We would like to wish you all a happy weekend with some historical textiles.
We would also like to celebrate that we have over 10.000 followers in Facebook.
We could never have thought that there were so many textiles nerd’s out there. <3
This week we focus on fringes on various historical textiles. All, except one, are woven in silk. The last one is woven in linen.
The fringes are attached to various items all related to church textiles.
The fringes can all be found in the collections of Statens Historiska museum in Sweden.
The items are dated to 14-17th century.
/ Amica and Maria
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16/2018 The weekend picture
We would like to wish you all a happy weekend with a historical textile.
This week we focus on an embroidery on a chasuble. Wool application on wool. With details in gold thread. Some of the gold has fallen off and then you can see the silk core of the gold thread.
The chasuble comes from an unknown church in Jämtland, Sweden. Now in the collections of Statens Historiska museum in Sweden.
It is dated to 1350-1500 AD. We would like to place it to 15th century.
/ Amica and Maria
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Moving the weekend picture
Since we like to things easy for everyone, including the people that haven’t got Facebook, we are moving our weekend picture.
This weekend we would like to celebrate with a lovely tablet woven band from Alvastra convent. Dating “Middel Ages” in the database. We are placing it rather late, probably to the 15th century. Material is silk and gold and/or silver.
Now in the collections of Historiska museet in Stockholm, Sweden.
Since we in Sweden are labelling the weeks with a number this weeks number is 14. So this post is 14/2018.
Happy weekend!
/Amica and Maria
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Advent calendar 19 December 2017
Our nineteenth calendar post is a wool fabric. From Uppsala, Sweden.
Here we can see a the fabric. It’s a 2/2 twill. With one thread system spun in Z and the other thread system spun in S.
The fabric dates to 1100-1500 AD.
Now in collections of Historiska museet, Sweden
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Advent calendar 18 December 2017
Our eighteenth calendar post is an embroidery. From Västerås- Barkarö church, Sweden. It’s a work from north Germany.
Here we can see a close up on the embroidery. Metal thread embroidered on linen. The metal is spun around a silk core.
The item dates to ca. 1500 AD.
Now in collections of Historiska museet, Sweden
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Advent calendar 16 December 2017
Our sixteenth calendar post is an embroidery. From Dalhem church, Sweden.
Here we can see a close up on one of the claws. Wool on wool. With decorations in gilded leather.
The item dates to 15th century.
Now in collections of Historiska museet, Sweden
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Advent calendar 13 December 2017
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
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Advent calendar 12 December 2017
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
