Our twentieth calendar post is an antependium in printed linen. From Tegelsmora church , Sweden.
Here we can see a close up on the print. The linen is woven in two shaft.
This piece is undated. But the print shows great resemblance with woven silk fabrics from 14th and 15th century.
Now in collections of Historiska museet, Sweden
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
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
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
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
