Description: "Panel, perhaps an apparel of alb or amice, made up of fragments of embroidery. German, 14th Century. Colored silks and gilt strip in satin stitch on linen"
Origin: Germany
Period: 14th-15th century
Current location: Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
Museum number: 1261-1864
Object number: O364059

Current Museum page:
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O364059/panel/

Current Museum Raw Record:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/api/json/museumobject/O364059

Original catalog description:
"Apparel (for an amice) of canvas, embroidered in satin stitch, with coloured silks and gold thread, with pattern of repeated lozenge shapes filled in with angular devices.
German. 14th centy. 14 in. by 5 1/4 in." (Cole: 139)

Personal Observations:

Fabric count: 44 Count fabric (Based on personal observation)

Colors noted (Matched under natural light to a DMC sample card):
    White Silk (DMC 746)
    Gilt Strip    
    Red Silk (badly faded)
    Purple Silk (DMC 327 )
    Green Silk (DMC 580)
    Blue Silk (DMC 519)

References:
Cole, Alan S. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collections of Tapestry and Embroidery in the South Kensington Museum. London: Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode for H.M. Stationery Off., 1888.{https://books.google.com/books?id=KRktAAAAYAAJ}
 
Images:
There is not currently a photo of this piece available on-line on the museum website, but a good quality photo is currently available at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/medievalandrenaissance/2076916296/

Patterns:
http://wymarc.com/images/patterns/pdf/Y008A.pdf

Description:"Fragment, German, 14th Century. Colored silks in brick and satin stitch on linen."
Origin: Germany
Period: 14th-15th century
Current location: Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
Museum number: 7071-1860
Object number: O364077

Current Museum page:
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O364077/embroidery/

Current Museum Raw Record:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/api/json/museumobject/O364077

Original catalog description:
"Border of fine canvas, embroidered in tent stitches with faded blue, red, and brown silks, with a repeating or diaper pattern of zigzag bands figured with angular devices. German? 14th centy. 14 in. by 3 1/2 in." (Cole: 253)

Personal Observations:

Fabric count: 72 Count fabric (Based on personal observation)

Colors noted (Matched under natural light to a DMC sample card):
    White Silk (DMC 746)    
    Blue Silk (DMC 827)
    Light Brown Silk (DMC 842)
    Dark Brown Silk (DMC 3045)


References:
Cole, Alan S. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collections of Tapestry and Embroidery in the South Kensington Museum. London: Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode for H.M. Stationery Off., 1888.{https://books.google.com/books?id=KRktAAAAYAAJ}
 
Images:
There is not currently a photo of this piece available on-line; but there is a similar piece listed on the bildindex:
http://previous.bildindex.de/bilder/MI07917e14a.jpg
http://previous.bildindex.de/bilder/MI07917f01a.jpg

Patterns:
http://wymarc.com/images/patterns/pdf/Y007A.pdf

Description: "Fragment with rows of human figures. German, 14th Century. Colored silks in brick stitch on linen"
Origin: Germany
Period: 14th-15th century
Current location: Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
Museum number: 7093-1860
Object number: O364076

Current Museum page:
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O364076/embroidery/

Current Museum Raw Record:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/api/json/museumobject/O364076

Original catalog description:
"Piece of canvas, embroidered with green and blue silk in tent (cushion) stitch, with repeated bands of angular shaped figures, men in blue, women in white, standing hand in hand ; the spaces filled up with lozenges in white. The women upon a green, the men upon a white ground. German. ? 15th centy. 8in. by 6in. Bought (Bock coll"). 7093.-1860. This specimen came from the cathedral at Halberstadt, Saxony." (Cole: 358)

Personal Observations:
This piece is badly worn and faded. It is in about the worst shape of any piece I've worked with. Careful reconstruction or the pattern by comparing surviving sections reveals lines of dancing figures holding flowers with prancing dogs between.  

Fabric count: 52 Count fabric (Based on personal observation)

Colors noted:
Green, blue and white: All colors badly faded past the point of guessing the original shades.   

References:
Cole, Alan S. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collections of Tapestry and Embroidery in the South Kensington Museum. London: Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode for H.M. Stationery Off., 1888.{https://books.google.com/books?id=KRktAAAAYAAJ}
 
Images:
http://media.vam.ac.uk/media/thira/collection_images/2012FP/2012FP9158.jpg

Patterns:
http://wymarc.com/images/patterns/pdf/Y005A.pdf

Description:"End of a stole or maniple. Linen band embroidered with plied white linen thread and coloured silks in a brick-stitch, and later linen end embroidered with couched silver thread and coloured silks in split-stitch."
Origin: Germany
Period: 14th-15th century
Current location: Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
Museum number: 7016-1860
Object number: O144715

Current Museum page:
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O144715/stole-unknown/

Current Museum Raw Record:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/api/json/museumobject/O144715

Original catalog description:
"Maniple, (part of), of linen, embroidered in tent stitch with coloured silks in a diaper pattern of lozenges, green charged with a yellow cross, and red charged with a white cross. The end of linen rudely embroidered with worn gold thread and coloured silks, with a saint holding a scroll to her left ; a nondescript form, ? a bird (see similar devices in Cretan embroidery); fringed with tassels of green, blue, white, and crimson silk. German. 14th centy. 15 in. by 3 in. 7016.-1860."
(Cole: 189)

Personal Observations:

Fabric count: 32 Count fabric (Based on personal observation)

Colors noted (Matched under natural light to a DMC sample card):
    Red Silk (DMC 347)    
    Green Silk (DMC 564)
    Blue Silk (DMC 322)
    Yellow Silk (DMC 725)
    White Silk (DMC 746)

References:
Cole, Alan S. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collections of Tapestry and Embroidery in the South Kensington Museum. London: Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode for H.M. Stationery Off., 1888.{https://books.google.com/books?id=KRktAAAAYAAJ}
 
Images:
http://media.vam.ac.uk/media/thira/collection_images/2011FC/2011FC6716.jpg
http://media.vam.ac.uk/media/thira/collection_images/2011ET/2011ET5784.jpg

Patterns:
http://wymarc.com/images/patterns/pdf/Y006A.pdf

Description: "Band, German, 14th-15th Century. Plied white linen thread and colored silks in satin stitch on linen."
Origin: Germany
Period: 14th-15th century
Current location: Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
Museum number: 7048-1860
Object number: O364078

Current Museum page:
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O364078/embroidery/

Current Museum Raw Record:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/api/json/museumobject/O364078

Original catalog description:
"Border of coarse linen, embroidered with white, green, and red silks in close short stitches, with a diaper key pattern filled in with dots and crosses. German. 14th centy. 14 in. by 5 in. Bought (Bock coll"). 7048.-1860. Possibly part of a table-cover for use in a vestry."
(Cole: 253)

Personal Observations:

Fabric count: 20 Count fabric (Based on personal observation)

Colors noted (Matched under natural light to a DMC sample card):
    White Linen (DMC 746)
    Green Silk (DMC 563)
    Red Silk (DMC 347)    

References:
Cole, Alan S. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collections of Tapestry and Embroidery in the South Kensington Museum. London: Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode for H.M. Stationery Off., 1888.{https://books.google.com/books?id=KRktAAAAYAAJ}
 
Images:
http://media.vam.ac.uk/media/thira/collection_images/2011ET/2011ET5784.jpg

Patterns:
http://wymarc.com/images/patterns/pdf/Y004A.pdf

  1. Pattern Y-003 A Large Embroidered Bag
  2. Pattern Y-002A A Heraldic Fragment
  3. Pattern Y-001 An Embroidered Bag
  4. Embroidery Patterns and Research