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Historical Beadwork Illuminated: Medieval European Beadwork Research by Jen Segrest

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Period Beadwork

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.

13th Century: Fredrick II Gloves

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

14th Century: Border

Filed Under 14th Century, Brakteats, Sequins & Spangles, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

15th Century: The Linköping Mitre

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

17th Century: Purple velvet purse

Filed Under 17th Century, Accessories & Adornment, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

15th Century: Crib of the Infant Jesus

Filed Under 15th Century, Baskets, Boxes & Decor, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

14th Century: Mitre of St. Isidoro

Filed Under 14th Century, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Vestments & Mitres

17th Century: Beaded bellows

Filed Under 17th Century, Baskets, Boxes & Decor, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

18th Cetury: Beaded panel

Filed Under Baskets, Boxes & Decor, Period Beadwork, Post Period, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

17th Century: beaded silk purse

Filed Under 17th Century, Accessories & Adornment, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Brakteats, Sequins & Spangles, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

13th Century: Ciborium/Ziborium (Host Box)

Filed Under 13th Century, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

17th Century: Beadwoven Panel (1657)

Filed Under 17th Century, Baskets, Boxes & Decor, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

14th Century: Cheb Antependium

Filed Under 14th Century, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

13th Century: Halberstadt Antependium

Filed Under 13th Century, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

13th Century: Halberstadt Antependium

Filed Under 13th Century, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

17th Century: Drawstring Bag, 1610-1650

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

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

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

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

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

17th Century: Portrait of Krystyna Lubomirska, after 1603

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

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

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

17th Century: Hungarian wedding dress

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

16th Century: Ventian purse

Filed Under 16th Century, Accessories & Adornment, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

17th Century: purple velvet pouch

Filed Under 17th Century, Accessories & Adornment, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

17th Century: Game Bag

Filed Under 17th Century, Accessories & Adornment, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

17th Century: 1625-1650 Beaded bag

Filed Under 17th Century, Accessories & Adornment, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

17th Century: 1662 Mirror

Filed Under 17th Century, Baskets, Boxes & Decor, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

17th Century: 1659 Basket

Filed Under 17th Century, Baskets, Boxes & Decor, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

17th Century: 1628 Beaded Bag

Filed Under 17th Century, Accessories & Adornment, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

17th Century: Beaded Casket

Filed Under 17th Century, Baskets, Boxes & Decor, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

16th C Pearled Panels

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

16th Century: Portrait of Hedwig Jagiello

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

16th Century: Bostocke Sampler

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

16th Century: Portraits of sisters, and family.

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

16th Century: Portraits of Susanna of Bavaria

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

16th Century: Portraits of Sophie of Mecklenburg

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

16th Century: Portrait 1511

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

16th Century: Portraits of Anne of Denmark

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

16th Century: Portraits of Barbara Radziwill

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

16th Century: Portrait of Anne of Cleves

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

16th Century: Portrait

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

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

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

16th Century: Portrait 1545

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

16th Century: Portrait 1518

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

16th Century: Portrait 1513

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

16th Century: Portrait

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

16th Century: Portrait

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

16th Century: Portrait of Saxon Princesses

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

16th Century: Portrait 1530

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

16th Century: Portrait 1528

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

16th Century: Portrait 1541

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

16th Century: Beaded Bag

Filed Under 16th Century, Accessories & Adornment, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

16th Century: Beaded Portrait

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

16th Century: Russian Mitre

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

16th Century: Beaded Book

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

16th Century: German-Saxon Portrait

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

16th Century: Pearled Panel

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

16th Century: The Annunciation

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

14th Century: Sudarium with Spangles

Filed Under 14th Century, Brakteats, Sequins & Spangles, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

16th: Drawstring Bag

Filed Under 16th Century, Accessories & Adornment, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

15th Century: O’Dea Mitre

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

15th Century: Portrait

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

16th Century: Painting

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork

14th Century: Christ child cloak

Filed Under 14th Century, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork

16th Century: Portrait

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

17th Century: Flinderhaube

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

15th Century: Portrait

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

15th Century: Mariazell Chausable

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

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

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

12th Century: Roger II Coronation Mantle

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

15th Century: Halberstadt mitre with four saints

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

15th Century: Portrait after 1451

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

15th Century: Portrait 1460

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

15th Century: Portrait 1530

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

15th Century: Portrait 1515

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

15th Century: Aurifrisien

Filed Under 15th Century, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

15th Century: Portrait

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

15th Century: Portrait

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

15th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 15th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork

15th Century: Portrait

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

13th Century: Host Box

Filed Under Baskets, Boxes & Decor, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

15th Century: Kloster Ebstorf Panels

Filed Under 15th Century, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

15th Century: Montecassino mitre

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

15th Century: Minden Mitre

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

15th Century: Kreuzlingen Mitre

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

14th Century: Chausable Edging

Filed Under 14th Century, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Vestments & Mitres

17th Century: Beadwork basket, c. 1675

Filed Under Baskets, Boxes & Decor, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

12th Century: Crown of Constance of Aragon

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

14th Century Stole (detail)

Filed Under 14th Century, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Vestments & Mitres

16th Century: Russian Mitre

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

11th Century: Chalice Base

Filed Under Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Pre-12th Century, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

16th Century: Portrait

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

16th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork

16th Century: Portrait

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

16th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork

16th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork

16th Century: Geweihter Hut (Hat)

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

15th Century: Border with brakteats

Filed Under 15th Century, Brakteats, Sequins & Spangles, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

17th Century: Ironing Crown

Filed Under 17th Century, Accessories & Adornment, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

16th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork

17th Century: Cockatrice Jewelry box

Filed Under 17th Century, Baskets, Boxes & Decor, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

14th Century: Cope

Filed Under 14th Century, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Vestments & Mitres

15th Century: Coral Chausable

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

14th Century: Nola Mitre

Filed Under 14th Century, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Vestments & Mitres

14th Century: Amalfi Mitre

Filed Under 14th Century, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Vestments & Mitres

14th Century: San Lorenzo Mitre

Filed Under 14th Century, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Vestments & Mitres

14th Century: Reliquary Bag

Filed Under 14th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

14th Century: Paintings

Filed Under 14th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork

14th Century: Marienwerder Cope

Filed Under 14th Century, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Vestments & Mitres

14th Century: Altar Edging

Filed Under 14th Century, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

14th Century: Marienwerder Antependium

Filed Under 14th Century, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

13th Century: Cap of Alfonso X

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

12th Century: Alb of William II of Sicily, 1153-1189

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

13th Century: Reliquary hanging

Filed Under 13th Century, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

13th Century: Halberstadt Mitre

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

14th Century: Sudarium

Filed Under 14th Century, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

13th Century: Square Reliquary Box

Filed Under Baskets, Boxes & Decor, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

13th Century: Cap, belt, cote, surcote of Fernando de la Certa

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

15th Century: Lamb Of God

Filed Under 15th Century, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

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

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

13th Century: Orphrey

Filed Under 13th Century, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

13th Century: Stole

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

13th Century: German Panels

Filed Under 13th Century, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

12th Century: Pearled Cushion

Filed Under 12th Century, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

12th Century Byzantine pearled decorative circle

Filed Under 12th Century, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

12th Century: Roger II Beaded Mantel Border

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

11th Century: Reliquary Bag with plaques and pearls

Filed Under Bags, Purses & Pouches, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Pre-12th Century, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

12th Century: Roger II Dalmatic

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

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