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Historical Beadwork Illuminated: Medieval European Beadwork Research by Jen Funk Segrest

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56 pieces oRganized by “newest to oldest” as far as it’s addition to the site*. It’s a nice way to see what’s new, or view it all as a whole.
Use the drop menu for “Period Beadwork” above to separate items by century or item type.

*If an older piece reappears at the top, it’s due to my finding and adding additional photos and/or information and it’s publication date has been adjusted to reflect this.

16th Century: portrait reproduction of Vlad Dracula

Filed Under 16th Century, Accessories, Brakteats, Sequins & Spangles, Clothing, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM

17th Century: Gloves 1620s

Filed Under 17th Century, Brakteats, Sequins & Spangles, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

17th Century: waistcoat

Filed Under 17th Century, Brakteats, Sequins & Spangles, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

16th Century: Portrait of Anne of Cleves

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait of a lady, 1510

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM

13th Century: Cap, belt, cote, mantle, surcote and other fragments of Fernando de la Certa

Filed Under 13th Century, Clothing, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

12th Century: Roger II Coronation Mantle

Filed Under 12th Century, Clothing, Clothing, Period Beadwork, RUM, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

13th Century: Fredrick II Gloves

Filed Under 13th Century, Clothing, Clothing, Period Beadwork, RUM, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

17th Century: Portrait of a young woman from a Gdańsk patrician family, around 1625-35

Filed Under 17th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

17th Century: Spangled ruff in Portraits of Doña Ana de Velasco y Girón

Filed Under 17th Century, Brakteats, Sequins & Spangles, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

17th Century: Portrait of Krystyna Lubomirska, after 1603

Filed Under 17th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

17th Century: Portrait of a lady with an elaborate jewelled headdress

Filed Under 17th Century, Accessories, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM

17th Century: Hungarian wedding dress

Filed Under 17th Century, Clothing, Clothing, Period Beadwork, RUM, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

16th Century: Portrait of Hedwig Jagiello

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM

16th Century: Portraits of sisters, and family.

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portraits of Susanna of Bavaria

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portraits of Sophie of Mecklenburg

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM

16th Century: Portrait 1511

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portraits of Anne of Denmark

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portraits of Barbara Radziwill

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait Wilhelm IV of Bavaria and his wife Jacoba of Baden, 1525

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait 1545

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait 1518

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait 1513

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait of Saxon Princesses

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait 1530

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait 1528

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait 1541

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: German-Saxon Portrait

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM

15th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 15th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Painting

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork

16th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

17th Century: Flinderhaube

Filed Under 17th Century, Brakteats, Sequins & Spangles, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

15th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 15th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

15th Century: Mantle of the Order of the Golden Fleece

Filed Under 15th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Vestments & Mitres

15th Century: Portrait after 1451

Filed Under 15th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

15th Century: Portrait 1460

Filed Under 15th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

15th Century: Portrait 1530

Filed Under 15th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

15th Century: Portrait 1515

Filed Under 15th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

15th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 15th Century, Clothing, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM

15th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 15th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

15th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 15th Century, Clothing, Clothing, Period Beadwork, RUM

15th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 15th Century, Accessories, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM

16th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM

16th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork

16th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork

16th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Clothing, Period Beadwork, RUM

16th Century: Geweihter Hut (Hat)

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

16th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork

13th Century: Cap of Alfonso X

Filed Under 13th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

13th Century: Shoes of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II

Filed Under 13th Century, Clothing, Clothing, Period Beadwork, RUM, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

12th Century: Roger II Dalmatic

Filed Under 12th Century, Clothing, Clothing, Period Beadwork, RUM, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

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