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
We would like to wish you all a happy weekend with a historical textile.
This week we focus on a lovely silk embroidery from England. It’s a high class work aka Opus Anglicanum. The embroidery comes from Skå church and is dated to
1250- 1350 AD. Now in the collections of Statens Historiska museum in Sweden.
Silk on linen. Here we can see a close up on a table cloth. Table cloths of the time were often depicted as woven in goose eye/ twill variation.
Our twenty-fifth and last calendar post is an embroidery in silk and gold. From Vadstena convent church, Sweden.
Here we can see a close up on the newly born baby Jesus and his mother Mary.
The embroidery is dated early 15th century.
Now in collections of Historiska museet, Sweden.
We would like to thank you all that have followed our advent calendar and wish you all a Merry Christmas.
/ Amica and Maria.
Our twenty-third calendar post is a in silk and gold brocade. Originally it was a chasuble. From Gammalkils church, Sweden.
Here we can see a close up on the bird and the leopard (?) on the fabric. The fabric was red before it faded.
This piece is dated to late 14th century.
Now in collections of Historiska museet, Sweden
Our twenty-first calendar post is a row of buttonholes in silk. From the Wasa ship, Sweden.
Here we can see a close up on the buttonholes. The buttonholes are sewn in silk thread. The fabric where they were sewn on is gone, and only the buttonholes are remaining of this item.
This piece is dated to 10 August 1628, the same day as the warship Wasa sank.
Now in collections of Vasamuseet, Sweden
Our seventeenth calendar post is an embroidery. From Skå church, Sweden. It’s an Opus Anglicanum work, from England.
Here we can see a close up on the embroidery. Silk and gold on linen. The silk is sewn in split stitch. The embroidery is of the highest class.
The item dates to 1250- 1350 AD. Most likely 1330-1350.
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 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
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I samlingarna hos Västergötlands museum finns en mässhake av grön silkessammet med broderier. Tyget är daterat till 1400-talet. Vad broderiet är daterat till vet vi inte med 100% säkerhet just nu, men då vi vet skall vi återkomma till detta. Kolla in det bortsprättade blåfärgade linnefodret och de fina skarvningarna av silkessammeten.
Tack till Johanna för visningen.
English
In the collections of Västergötland Museum is a chasuble of green silk velvet with embroidery. The fabric is dated to the 1400s, the embroidery we do not know with 100% certainty right now, but when we know we shall return to this. Check out the removed blue colored linen lining and the seams.
A big Thank you, to Johanna for showing the archive.
