Saturday 24 August 2024

The Season Per Annum 13 : Our unique braids


Green dalmatic


This set of vestments is in a very different shade of green.  It is a brocade which has brighter green ornament woven into a black background.  A set of vestments in such a deep shade of green is best used in churches where there is abundant light, otherwise it will look too penitential in its aspect.

Fully-lined in taffeta, this dalmatic is ornamented with one of the Studio's unique braids called ChiRho.  It was designed especially for use with green vestments. This dalmatic is also ornamented with an apparel, rust-red in colour, which has been placed on the front and the back.

Dalmatics made by the Saint Bede Studio all have sleeves which are sewn together from under the arm unto the wrist, as was the case with the dalmatic and tunic from ancient times until the excesses of the Baroque caused them to be stiffened and shortened to look more like a suit of armour.

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

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AMDG