CONTRASTS (continued)

Contrasts

These engravings were taken from Teaching Truth by Signs and Ceremonies, by the Rev'd James Meagher, New York, 1885 (left) and Vestments and Vesture, by Dom E A Roulin OSB, Edinburgh, 1930 (right).

CONTRASTS (continued)

Two images of Solemn Mass both celebrated in Gothic Revival Churches. 

An inventive use of tapestry fabric is shewn in the "gothic" vestments (above);
whilst an anaemic colour palette and awkward construction is demonstrated
in the other, in the manner of the Spanish Baroque.

AMDG.

CONTRASTS

Image : www.lepetitplacide.org

Processions to Mass celebrated in the Extraordinary Form 

(above) a French Monastery,  (below) an English parish. 

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Image : www.clerus.org

Re-posted.

In Epiphanytide

In these lovely days following the Epiphany, the Studio is pleased to present  this set of Festal vestments. The set was made from an ecclesiastical brocade in ivory and a very muted shade of gold. 

The Saint Bede Studio takes particular care to ensure that its vestments are ornamented in a subtle and harmonious way.  In this case, one of the Studio's unique braids Saint Edmund was arranged in the Gothic Revival style, so that the overall effect is golden, without being lavish.  A taffeta in buttercup yellow was used to line these vestments.

The vestments of the Saint Bede Studio are beautiful in design, sound in construction and distinctive in appearance.

Click on the image for an enlarged view.

The Saint Bede Studio : vestments made by Catholics for Catholics.

Enquiries : stbede62@gmail.com

Information on placing an order.

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AMDG

On the Feast of the Epiphany

On the beautiful day of the Epiphany, the Studio is pleased to present images of a set of Festal vestments. The set was made from a silk damask in ivory and a very muted shade of gold. A crimson red taffeta was used to line these vestments.

The vestments of the Saint Bede Studio are beautiful in design, sound in construction and distinctive in appearance.

The Saint Bede Studio takes particular care with the quality of the linings and fringes used for our vestments.  In this instance, a bullion fringe in the colours of burgundy and old gold complements the rich colour of the taffeta lining and picks up the colours of the Cross ornamenting the maniple and stole.

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The Saint Bede Studio : vestments made by Catholics for Catholics.

Enquiries : stbede62@gmail.com

Information on placing an order.

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AMDG

In this Christmastide : 3

In this Christmas Season, we are pleased to present a set of vestments made for Festal days.

The vestments of the Saint Bede Studio are beautiful in design, sound in construction and distinctive in appearance.

This set of vestments is in the style we call Saint Austin. It is a stylised chasuble common in the Gothic Revival period of the mid-19th century. The chasuble is long, but not wide and comes to a point at the front and the back. As made by the Saint Bede Studio, this style of vestment is very comfortable to wear. This particular set was made from a beautiful ecclesiastical brocade in a shade of ivory, it was lined in a mint green shade of taffeta and ornamented with a one of the Studio's unique braids ChiRho in colours of red, green, white and gold, enhanced with a matching galloon.

Please click on the image for an enlarged view.

 

The Saint Bede Studio : vestments made by Catholics for Catholics.

Enquiries : stbede62@gmail.com

Information on placing an order.

Please note that posts on this blog are set-up for optimal viewing via a web-browser, not via a mobile phone.

AMDG

Studio Notice

The Saint Bede Studio is at present in recess and will return to its work - including correspondence - on 9th January.

Scheduled blog posts will continue in the meantime.

Ut in omnibus Deus glorificetur. 

In this Christmastide

In this Christmastide, the Saint Bede Studio is pleased to present this set of Fetsal vestments.

The Saint Martin chasuble is the Studio's own contemporary interpretation of the ancient form of Roman vestment.  It is extremely ample.  The ornamentation of these vestments is arranged in the Roman style, being a Tau ornament in the front and a column at the back, formed from braids and contrasting damask.  The vestments can be made in a variety of qualities of fabric in all the Liturgical colours.

The vestments of the Saint Bede Studio are beautiful in design, sound in construction and distinctive in appearance.

This dignified set was made from dupion silk in a subtle shade of gold and lined in red taffeta.  It was ornamented with brighter red dupion silk and one of the Studio's unique braids, called Saint George.

Click on the images for an enlarged view.

The Saint Bede Studio : vestments made by Catholics for Catholics.

Enquiries : stbede62@gmail.com

Information on placing an order.

Please note that posts on this blog are set-up for optimal viewing via a web-browser, not via a mobile phone.

AMDG

A New Year's Greeting

This lovely drawing by the English artist Eric Gill depicts an Angel visiting the Child Jesus and his Mother, Mary.  Mary is sitting knitting.  Around the perimeter is written (in Latin) "Let all things praise God, who created (them)."

The ingenious part of this drawing is that by enclosing the figures within a circle, Gill also depicts the planet Earth, with its masses of land and oceans.  The Mother and Child are in the world, yet all things are under their care.  The angels watch over us.

May the Christ-child and his Blessed Mother bring peace and health in mind and body to our troubled world.

The Saint Bede Studio wishes all its customers and readers every Blessing in 2026.

Pope Benedict

We recall with sadness that day three years ago when our beloved Pope Benedict was called from this life to the next.  How greatly we miss him !  But we rely on his intercession and continue to reflect on his profound teaching in the brief years of his Pontificate.

AMDG