15th Century: linen and silk with brakteats, likely a stole end?

15th Century: altar border with seed beads and brakteats

Lüneburg * Art collection in the Lüne Monastery near Lüneburg * Lüneburg, 15. Jh. ?: Border * Silk, glass beads, linen and metal

 

15th Century: mitre

15th Century: mitre

 

14th Century: Borders with brakteats and plaques

Date:1401/1500?
Type:Textile ArtMaterial
Technique:green velvet; Linen; Pearl; Gold sheet; Silver plate; Edelstein; embroidered; applied
Dimensions:22.5 x 204 cm
Collection:Wienhausen, Kloster Wienhausen
Description:The crest border (14th century), which was once sewn on the upper edge

Link to this page:https://www.bildindex.de/document/obj20017930

Bildarchiv Foto Marburg

Translated from photo D1:

Wienhausen * Kloster Wienhausen * Jewelry border *

15. Century?? * Velvet (green); Linen: Pearl: Gold sheet:

Silver plate: gemstone * embroidered; applied * 22.5 x 204 cm * The coat of arms border (14. Century)) * Neckline

Neg. No. LAC 7.091/5 * color * Picture taken 1942/1944

Translated from photo D18:

IFDN 11 168 (13×18)

Wienhausen, former Cistercian monastery, Aurifrisia, above pearl embroidery on linen background with gold and silver sheet metal, 15. Century. (?) , below green velvet with pearl embroidery and decorative sheets, 15. Century. (?) .(Recording 1939)

15th Century: mitre

15th Century: mitre

14th Century: Christ child cloak

15th Century: Sarnan Child with Bezants/Brakteats

15th Century: The Linköping Mitre

Believed to be mitre of Kettil Karlsson (Vasa) (c. 1433 – 11 August 1465)


More info:

  1. Swedish History Musuem page on this item
  2. Another Musuem page on mitre
  3. Research paper: The Linköping Mitre: Ecclesiastical Textiles and Episcopal Identity by Ingrid Lunnan Nødseth

DescriptionCovering gold, silk and pearl embroidery. The Annunciation, S. Peter, S. Paul. Wadstone work. 35 enamel medallions, Christ, apostles, saints. (Exhibited 1997). Deposited in SHM 1868.

RemarkGood, fragile

Events: Surveyed/Collected in Linköping, Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden. Used in Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden.

Material: Textile
Measurements:
Width: 300 mm.
Height: 790 mm.

Theme: On display, T54072
Collection: C4
Inventory number: 3920
Subnumber: 1
SHM Object identity: 96338
Anställd vid SHM SHM

15th Century: Crib of the Infant Jesus

Crib of the Infant Jesus

15th century, South Netherlandish

The pillow and blanket of the crib, are embroidered with with gold work, enameled pieces and pearl work.
Made in Brabant, South Netherlands

Met Museum NYC, Gift of Ruth Blumka, in memory of Leopold Blumka, 1974 Accession Number: 1974.121a–d

15th Century: O’Dea Mitre

The O’Dea Mitre, ca. 1420. Made in Dublin, the name of the artist is engraved – Thomas O’Carryd, artifex faciens. The infulae or pendants appear to have suffered much as they are devoid of most of the ornaments that once adorned them. This image is the property of the Dean and Chapter of Limerick Cathedral.

15th Century: Portrait

 

Portrait of a young lady of fashion
c.1460 by Paolo Uccello

15th Century: Portrait

Wedding portrait from Jakob Fugger the rich and his wife Sibylla Artzt by Thomas Burgkmair

15th Century: Mariazell Chausable

 

BASILIKA MARIAZELL CHASUBLE 
Austria, about 1470 Pilgrimage Church of Mariazell, Styria
Treasury Height: 129 cm.
Height of the detail: 43 cm.

Cross Orphrey with the Virgin, Saints Barbara and Dorothy and, at the sides, Saints Catherine and Ursula. Relief embroidery with gold brocade, pearls, gold thread and silk. The Child, and the faces and hands, in silk, in satin and stem stitch. Background of couched gold threads.

Color photos courtesy: Basilika Mariazell, via Tina M Comroe
B/W photos: Schuette, Marie and Sigrid Muller-Christensen: Pictorial History of Embroidery ; NY: Frederick Praeger, 1964.

Information provided by Basilika Mariazell  English translation: (Google)
BID: P1-A-49Aa-97

Standort: Südschatzkammer,

Kasten 3, Lade 1

Entstehungszeit: 4. Viertel des15. Jhdt.Thema:

A. Kasel, rotText:

A. Kasel

1. Größe: Rückenteil:135 cm x 81 cm Vorderteil: 105 cm x 80cm Schulternaht

2. Grundgewebe: im VT und in den Seitenteilen des RT siehe

Dokumentation Fr.Ing.Klein

Lampas, lanciert in Gold; viele Stückelnähte im Grund Kettatlas mit GK

rote Seide und GS rosa Seide; Musterung: Schußatlas mit BK und LS

und Flottierungen des LS, BK: rote Seide, LS: Goldlahn glatt Motive: typ.

Granatapfelmusterung des späten 15.Jhdt.: reihig versetzt angeordnet

spitzlagige Granatapfelmotive, umrahmt von Nelken und kleinen

Ornamenten; umschlungen werden die Granatäpfel von gebündelten

Girlanen aus Eichenlaub mit Eichelfrüchten, Pinien, geschlossenen

Granatäpfeln und Akanthusblättern;

3. Musterung: Reliefstickerei im Kreuz

Stickgrund im Kreuz: leinwandbiniges Gewebe – siehe

Dokumentation Fr.Macho, BDA Arsenal Technik und Material: Gold-,

Perlen- und Seidenstickerei siehe Bericht Dr. Koller und

Dokumentation Fr. Macho, BDA

Motive: figurale Darstellungen in reich verzierten

Architekturbaldachinen (Gottesmutter mit Kind, Hl. Katharina, Hl.

Ursula, Hl. Barabara, Hl. Dorothea); gestickte Borte siehe Bericht Dr.

Koller

4. Borten: gestickte Borten am Kreuz

5. Bänder: keine; sondern Schlaufen, die nur tw. erhalten sind: in

Knopflochstich mit roter Seide; Knöpfe fehlen

6. Futter: rosafarbenes Leinengewebe, LW

Bezeichnung: – Tinte: Schrift im Original erhalten “Augspurg “

mit stilisiert dargestelltem Augsburger Stadtwappen (Pinienzapfen):

Kreis mit aufgesetztem Dach

Bemerkungen:

Alte Inv. Nr.: 1.P 49-97

Alte Inventarnummern: Basilika: Nr. keine,

Gerhard Rodler : Nr. 59

Bermerkung: Experten geben als Entstehungszeit dieser Kasel das

späte 15.Jhdt. an; damit können die Angaben von Gerhard Rodler

über König Ludwig von Ungarn als Spender, ca. 1370, nicht stimmen.

Die Kasel wurde für die Präsentation bei der Landesausstellung in der
Steiermark 1996 in Mariazell restauriert (Kreuz mit
Reliefstickerei von Fr. Macho, Werkstätten des BDA, Arsenal;
Granatapfelstoff und Futterstoff von freischaffenden
Textilrestauratoren: Fr. Ing.Gabriele Klein und Fr. Ing. Tina Lindner).
Bericht Dr. Koller: Ausstellungskatalog der LA 1996 in Mariazell
“Schatz und Schicksal” Seite 133 – 144 Dokumentation Fr. Macho
befindet sich im BDA, Arsenal Wien Dokumentation Fr. Ing.Klein
wurde im Rahmen der Restaurierung geschrieben und befindet sich in
der Studiengalerie der Basilika Mariazell

Zustand:
Für den liturgischen Gebrauch nicht geeignet!
nach der Restaurierung sehr gut

Restaurierung:
Ja

BID: P1-A-49Aa-97

Location: South Treasury, Box 3, drawer 1

Date of origin: 4th quarter of 15th Century

Topic: A. Chasuble, red

Text: A. Chasuble

1.Size: back part: 135 cm x 81 cm front part: 105 cm x 80 cm shoulder seam

2. Base fabric: in the VT and in the side parts of the RT see Documentation

Fr.Ing.Klein Lampas launched in gold; many piece seams in the basic chain atlas with GK red silk and GS pink silk;

Pattern: shot atlas with BK and LS and floats of the LS, BK: red silk, LS: Goldlahn smooth motifs: typ.

Pomegranate pattern from the late 15th century: staggered in rows Pointed pomegranate motifs framed by cloves and small ones Ornaments; the pomegranates are embraced by bundled Giraffes made of oak leaves with acorns, pine trees, closed Pomegranates and acanthus leaves;

3. Pattern: Relief embroidery in the cross Embroidery base in the cross: plain weave – see Documentation Fr.Macho, BDA Arsenal

Technology and material: gold, Pearl and silk embroidery see report by Dr. Koller and Documentation Ms. Macho, BDA

Motifs: figural representations in richly decorated Architectural canopies (Mother of God with Child, St. Catherine, St. Ursula, St. Barabara, St. Dorothea); embroidered border see report by Dr. Rage 4.

Trims: embroidered trims on the cross 5. Ribbons: none; but loops that only tw. are preserved: in Buttonhole stitch with red silk; Buttons are missing 6. Lining: pink linen fabric, LW

Designation: – Ink: The original text “Augspurg” has been preserved with stylized depicted Augsburg city arms (pine cones): Circle with the roof on Remarks: Old inv. No .: 1.P 49-97 Old inventory numbers:

Basilica: No. none,

Gerhard Rodler: No. 59

Note: Experts give this as the time this chasuble was created late 15th century at; thus the information from Gerhard Rodler about King Ludwig of Hungary as donor, ca.1370, not to vote. The chasuble was made for presentation at the state exhibition in the Styria restored in Mariazell in 1996 (cross with Relief embroidery by Fr. Macho, BDA workshops, Arsenal; Pomegranate fabric and lining fabric by freelance workers

Textile restorers: Ms. Ing.Gabriele Klein and Ms. Ing. Tina Lindner).

Report from Dr. Koller: Exhibition catalog of the LA 1996 in Mariazell “Treasure and Destiny” Pages 133 – 144

Documentation Fr. Macho located in the BDA, Arsenal Vienna Documentation Fr. Ing.

Klein was written as part of the restoration and is located in the study gallery of the Mariazell basilica Condition:

Not suitable for liturgical use! very good after the restoration

Restoration: Yes

 

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

THE VESTMENTS OF THE ORDER OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE

Netherlands, Brussels (?), second and third quarter of the 15th century
Vienna, Schatzkammer A complete set for a chapel:
two hangings for the altar, i.e. frontal and dossal (Frontier, Dossier).

Both 117 x 327 cm; chasuble, 147 x 131 cm; dalmatic and tuncile, both 154 x 125 cm; three large copes, each 164 x 330 cm Stout linen ground. The frames of the pictorial panels are of red velvet with gold bands. Embroidery in gold thread, pearls, topazes, sapphires. Coloured silks in a great variety of shades; red, bluish, pink, brownish red, carmine, flame red, blue in various shades, apple green shading to olive green, ochre, lilac, violet, greyish brown, and various shot tones. Or nue’; heads and hands in needle painting; split and satin stitches and couched work. Each of the panels were then sewn together and framed with the gold borders. Extraordinarily good state of preservation. The age of the work is apparent only in the occasional detachment of the embroidery from the background, some loose threads and very slight losses of pearls.

15th Century: Halberstadt mitre with four saints

 

Miter With Four Saints. c. 1401/1500. Dom und Domschatz Halberstadt. Halberstadt, Germany. Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur. 7 Jul 2011.

15th Century: Portrait after 1451

GERTNER, PETER (Nuremberg circa 1495/1500 – after 1541)
Susanne, electoress of the Pfalz as Salome.
Oil on panel. 48 x 37 cm.

15th Century: Portrait 1460

Portrait of a Lady in Red, probably 1460-70, Italian, Florentine. National Gallery, London.

15th Century: Portrait 1530

Lucas Cranach (and his workshop) | Portrait of a Young Woman, 1530

15th Century: Portrait 1515

(c) National Trust, Waddesdon Manor; Supplied by The Public Catalogue Foundation

 

Lucas Cranach the Elder(1472–1553), Portrait of an unknown lady (formerly called ‘Sybille of cleves, wife of John Frederick of Saxony’), 1515.

15th Century: Portrait

UNKNOWN 
from the”Medieval European Jewelry” by Ronald Lightbowen.
Victoria & Albert Musuem, London
Thanks to Roxelana for this one.

15th Century: Portrait

UNKNOWN
from the”Medieval European Jewelry” by Ronald Lightbowen.
Victoria & Albert Musuem, London

15th Century: Portrait

Hemma von Gurk wearing the Order of the Swan by Sebald Bopp,c. 1490

Artist active at the court of Ansbach (?) c 1490, Thyssen-Bornemisza CollectionSource: the book Early German Painting 1350-1550

15th Century: Portrait

Petrus Christus – Portrait of a Young Woman [c.1470]

15th Century: Kloster Ebstorf Panels

 

15th Century: Montecassino mitre

Photo credit: http://thefarsight2.blogspot.com/2009/11/mighty-mitres.html

 

A 15th-century mitra preciosa that was commissioned by Pope Leo X. From the treasury of Montecassino.

 

Photo credit: http://thefarsight2.blogspot.com/2009/11/mighty-mitres.html

15th Century: Minden Mitre

The Annunciation worked on a mitre from Minden of c.1400
Silk, pearls, and silver-gilt motifs; the scene on the reverse is the Virgin Enthroned.

From: “Medieval Craftsmen: Embroiderers,” by Kay Staniland, University of Toronto Press, 1991, pp. 46-48. ISBN: 0-8020-6915-0

Elaborate medieval embroideries were often further enhanced by the addition of pearls and other precious and semi-precious stones, gold or silver ornaments, enameled plaques or, very occasionally at this period, glass beads or discs, whilst some are almost exclusively composed of these ornaments and might not properly be considered as embroideries. These powerful symbols of class and wealth were at least as widely seen in the church as in royal or aristocratic courts: many of these rich creations were the gift of wealthy patrons seeking influence or favors. However, it would eventually be this very enrichment which ensured the destruction of these pieces, for once the gold, jewels, and pearls were removed, the ground would quickly be recycled. So much of this work has disappeared that it can now be difficult to envisage the extravagance involved, though the imagination is aided by fifteenth-century paintings which, with their naturalistic and precise approach, frequently portray these jewel-enriched garments. Coupled with the boldly designed and colored Italian silks and velvets the effect must indeed have been sumptuous and impressive.

Pearls were very popular in the Middle Ages, especially tiny seed pearls, which were much used in place of jewels in crowns, or to form haloes, birds, masks, or other decorative motifs. English royal accounts of the fourteenth century reveal that these pearls cost between £1 and £2 per ounce. Together with a range of other, larger pearls, some colored, originating from the East or from Scotland, they were frequently employed upon festal or jousting garments at the French and English courts and often massed together to form decorative motifs. In 1345-9, for example, Edward III’s armourer John de Cologne made five hoods of white cloth for the King and his friends, each worked with blue dancing men and fastening at the front with buttons of large pearls. They required 2350 large pearls, together with velvet, silk and gold thread. These richly embroidered hoods were fashionable at the time and there are many entries listing the expensive requirements for them.

The mitre from Minden, a rare and almost complete survival from the Middle Ages, shows the technique used in an ecclesiastical context, combined with plaques and golden ornaments, whilst the single mask and few acorns of pearls still in place on the Butler-Bowden cope show something of the original richness of the embroideries.

The incorporation of gold ornaments similarly enlivened the decoration, catching the light and adding an impressive three-dimensional quality. The ornaments, as with pearls, could simply be assembled and sewn into place and did not therefore demand the services of skilled embroiderers. Rather, they involved goldsmiths to create them in specially carved moulds, drawing these craftsmen into the large embroidery workshops. Also catching the light in embroideries were “doublets” — tiny discs of glass of a type still seen in Indian embroideries — which appear to have come from Venice.

Countless similar examples are described in both the English and French royal accounts of the fourteenth century, none of which, sadly, have survived. For the Christmas and New Year festivities in 1393-4, two gloriously extravagant and light-hearted concoctions of this kind were created for Richard II: a white satin doublet embroidered in gold with orange trees on which hung one hundred silver-gilt oranges, and a “hancelyn” (believed to be a loose outer garment), also of white satin which was embroidered with leeches, water and rocks, and amongst which were placed fifteen silver-gilt mussels and fifteen silver-gilt whelks. How these must all have sparkled in the subdued lighting of the medieval royal halls. Late medieval taste was particularly attracted to light-reflecting ornaments on clothing and horse-harness where movement would produce a multitude of glinting reflections. Consequently gold and silver motifs of all shapes and sizes were incorporated into embroidery. In 1441 the Goldsmiths Company confirmed and renewed their Ordinance for Making Spangles which fixed prices. These “spangles” were the equivalent of modern sequins, mall, round, thin pieces of glittering metal with a hole in the centre to admit a thread; some were rectangular in shape and sewn at one end only, whilst ohers survive in situ on embroideries but a number have turned up in archaeological contexts, perhaps the small lost hoards of people in flight from invaders.

15th Century: Kreuzlingen Mitre

The monastery Kreuzlingen was founded around 1125 by the Constance Bishop Ulrich I as Augustinian Monastery. The Mitra, a magnificent goldsmith work with translucent enamels and elaborate beadwork, now in the inventory of the Historical Museum Thurgau in Frauenfeld, is so far attributed to the Abbot Erhard Lind.

Legend has it that Pope John XXIII. as a gift on the occasion of an overnight stay of the Pope and his more than 600-member allegiance in the monastery Kreuzlingen on October 27, 1414 on the way to the Constance Council to the Abbot handed over.

The Mitra is an exquisite late medieval goldsmith’s work of outstanding importance. It will be presented for the first time after the restoration in 2014 at the Constance Council outside the premises of the Historisches Museum Thurgau. In collaboration with the scientific management and textile restorers of the Abegg Foundation, the Competence Center for Textile Restoration in Riggisberg, the showpiece will be extensively examined and conserved art historically and art-technologically.

Text via: http://hj-bleier.de/projekte-metallrestaurierung/kreuzlingen-mitra-15-jh/

 

15th Century: Coral Chausable

Picture: Art Institute of Chicago

Chasuble, 1601/75

Silk, warp-float faced satin weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen, silk, gilt-metal strips, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin and split stitches; laid work, couching, padded couching; beaded with coral beads; edged with gilt-metal strip and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, twill and plain weaves; lined with silk, plain weave
113.5 x 66.8 cm (44 5/8 x 26 1/4 in.)

 

15th Century: Lamb Of God

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The Lamb of God
Southern Germany, about 1450-1470 Munich
Bayerisches Nationalmuseum (NN 1100)
Diameter: 8 cm

Red velvet with gold sequins. Relief embroidery. Linen ground with pearls.
Halo and banner in gold and silk embroidery in couched work, satin and chain stitch.
On the other side of the lid is the Veracon, in silk embroidery.