Reversible Wakefield Ecclesiastical Fabric
Reversible Wakefield is a stunning Metallic Ecclesiastical Fabric – a brocatelle. This liturgical fabric features an elaborately textured weave that adds depth and dimension to the design details.
Reversible Wakefield is a stunning Metallic Ecclesiastical Fabric – a brocatelle. This liturgical fabric features an elaborately textured weave that adds depth and dimension to the design details.
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The Clergy presiding over the service wore matching cream-colored vestments with tapestry orphreys. Another clergy wore vestments such as surplices, dalmatic, tunic, and chasuble, according to their role and position within the church. Clergy robed in matching white chasubles lined the stairs to pay their last respects as the flag-draped coffin left the Cathedral
Lenten stoles with Two-Toned Fairford fabric. Featuring a unique blend of violet and gold, these stoles showcase a black cross on each orphrey band, perfect for the Penitential Season of Lent.
Author notes from original copy
– The color card at the beginning of the book has been inserted by the kind permission of Messrs. Liberty & Co., of Regent Street, London; and A. R. cannot say enough in praise of their colors and the Filo Floss silks sold by them. Many of the colors, she says, are perfect; and this verdict is made after comparing them with many original pictures of the old masters in Italy and elsewhere – the shades of red, green, blue, and browns being spoken of with special praise.
Vintage Vestment Book Treasure: The book title is written diagonally across the upper left corner, and the initials AR are in the lower left corner. The inscription or dedication also lends a bit of mystery: To my friend Alethea Wiel The Designs in this Volume are Dedicated A. R.
The Royal School of Needlework has an exhibit titled: ‘For Worship & Glory’ taking place at Chester Cathedral, 3 – 28 February 2016. The highlight of the exhibit is six pieces of the famous Litany of Lorento embroideries, which were donated to the Royal School by the nuns from the now-closed Convent of the Holy Child in Mayfield East Sussex.
Reading about techniques from church embroidery and church vestment books.
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