Apparel
1230-1260 (made)
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Made of a fine lozenge-patterned silk fabric, the original apparel was sumptuously embroidered with at least four medallions arranged in pairs, each medallion containing a majestically striding lion, and acanthus-like sprays in the interstices. A white and green tablet-woven band bordered the apparel’s upper edge. The sophisticated design, underlined by the varied arrangement of stitches (e.g. the chevron shapes on the animals’ bodies, evoking their fur) and details in differently coloured silks, renders the apparel, which was probably once attached to an alb, close to later embroideries such as the Clare Chasuble
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered with silver-gilt thread and coloured silks in underside couching and split stitch on self-patterned silk (liseré) in plain weave; tablet-woven band |
| Brief description | Apparel embroidered with silver-gilt thread and coloured silks |
| Physical description | Made of a fine lozenge-patterned silk fabric, the original apparel was sumptuously embroidered with at least four medallions arranged in pairs, each medallion containing a majestically striding lion, and acanthus-like sprays in the interstices. A white and green tablet-woven band bordered the apparel’s upper edge. The sophisticated design, underlined by the varied arrangement of stitches (e.g. the chevron shapes on the animals’ bodies, evoking their fur) and details in differently coloured silks, renders the apparel, which was probably once attached to an alb, close to later embroideries such as the Clare Chasuble |
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| Credit line | Acquired by the V&A from W. Lunn, 1901 |
| Object history | From a tomb in Worcester Cathedral, believed to be that of Bishop Walter de Cantilupe, opened 1861; acquired by the V&A from W. Lunn, 1901 |
| Bibliographic reference | Browne, Clare; Davies, Glyn, Michael, M.A., English Medieval Embroidery: Opus Anglicanum, exhibition catalogue, London, Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 2016), pp.126-127. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1380A to C-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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