Index of Medieval Art

Work of Art Record 43289

Christie No.: 44 -
Christie No.: 44 -

Record No

43289

Collection

Opus Anglicanum: The Evelyn Thomas Database of Medieval English Embroidery

Inventory Number

Christie No.: 44

Location

United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London, Victoria and Albert Museum

Date

last quarter 13c.

Subject Headings

View, Full

Notes

Stole and maniple (now lost) on which were heraldic shields bearing arms of the houses of Clare, Lacy and Cornwall, and the shield of England, originally formed part of this chasuble.

Acquired in 1864 by the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Photo: ©Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Citations

De Farcy, L., Broderie (1890), I, p. 123; II, pl. 18

London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of English Embroidery (1905), p. 45; pl. II

London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Exhibition of English Mediaeval Art (1930), p. vii; pl. 11

London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 100 Masterpieces (1930), pl. 43

Christie, A., English Medieval Embroidery (1938), pp. 78-79 (no. 44); pl. XXXI

Rickert, M., Painting in Britain: The Middle Ages (1954), pp. 128, 151; pl. 117

Brieger, P., English Art 1216-1307 (1957), pp. 210-211; pl. 78 (b)

London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Opus Anglicanum (1963), pp. 19-20 (30); pl. 2

Schuette, M., & Müller-Christensen, S., Das Stickereiwerk (1963), pp. 15, 31; figs. 97-98

Bignozzi Montefusco, F., Piviale di San Domenico (1970), pp. 26-27; pl. 4

Ottawa, National Gallery, Art and Courts (1972), I, pp. 164-165 (86); II, pls. 112A-112B

Johnstone, P., High Fashion in the Church (2002), p. 39; figs. 32, 33

Ward, S., "Saints in Split Stitch: Representations of Saints in Opus Anglicanum Vestments," Medieval Clothing and Textiles, III (2007), pp. 46-48; fig. 3.5

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