Tuesday, 18 November 2025

The Holy Roman Basilicas of S. Peter and S. Paul

On this Feast on which the Dedication days of the Basilicas of Saint Peter and of Saint Paul is commemorated,  the Saint Bede Studio is pleased to present this set of festal vestments. 

Borromeon vestments


The vestments are made from a beautiful silk damask in a very muted gold, with golden highlights. They are fully-lined in crimson-red taffeta.

This Borromeon chasuble is ornamented in the well-known Roman style, being the TAU at the front and a column at the back, formed by a damask in colours of burgundy and gold and an outlining gold galloon.


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


The chasuble is in the Studio's Borromeon style, which is the product of years of research into historical vestments and refinement of dimensions for comfortable use.  The Studio revived this more ample 16th century style of the Roman chasuble in 2007 and since then we have made many of them.  Beware of poorly-made imitations!

The Saint Bede Studio


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

Friday, 14 November 2025

The Feast of S. Josaphat

On this Feast of the Ukrainian-Polish martyr-bishop Saint Josaphat Kuncewic, we are pleased to present a distinctive set of vestments in the primitive style sometimes referred to as "conical". 

If any chasuble of the Roman Rite is rightfully to be referred to as "Traditional" then the ancientness of this form earns that designation, since it was used for the Eucharistic celebration from the first centuries of the Church and for fully a thousand years thereafter. The ancient form of the chasuble was common in the East and the West, but the cut of the chasuble diverged at some point.

 
Conical vestments


The primitive style of chasuble is shaped like a bell and when the arms of the wearer are by the side, it envelops the body from the neck to the chins.  But when the arms of the wearer are extended, the conical chasuble folds up from the bottom, as the image above clearly shews.

These vestments were made from a rustic silk, with a linen-like weave and in a "natural" colour.  The ornament of the front of the chasuble is very simple, but more elaborate on the back, as shewn in the image below.  These vestments were made for a Byzantine parish in a tropical climate.  The chasuble is unlined, but because of the weight of the silk, the vestment has good drapery and is not in the least flimsy. 

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


The Saint Bede Studio


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


Thursday, 13 November 2025

The Month of the Holy Souls 2025 : 3

Black vestments
In this post, during the month of the Holy Souls, we are pleased to present a further set of black vestments.  The liturgical colour of vestments which have been most rarely made by the Saint Bede Studio over the 25 years of our work is BLACK.  It is obvious that within the Church there is still an unease about wearing black vestments at funerals.  We will write more about this in a subsequent post.

These vestments were made from a black brocade and were fully-lined in taffeta of a dark grey. The chasuble is ornamented with a brocade in colours of blue-grey upon black. A galloon of black and silver outlines the TAU ornament at the front of the chasuble and the column at the back.

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



The Saint Bede Studio


The chasuble is in the Studio's Saint Philip Neri style.  

Click on the images for an enlarged view.

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


Black vestments


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

Tuesday, 11 November 2025

On the Feast of Saint Martin

On this Feastday of Saint Martin of Tours, this post features a set of vestments in the Studio's nod to contemporary styles.  This style we call Saint Martin.  It is both long and wide and is especially designed to fold up beautifully when the arms of the celebrant are elevated (as is shewn in the adjacent image). 

The Saint Bede Studio

Tasteful contemporary vestments are made by certain studios in Italy, France and Germany, but we also make them here in Australia at the Saint Bede Studio.  This set has a simple dignity and is made from high quality fabrics.

An ivory shade of dupion silk is lined with lemon-coloured taffeta and is ornamented with one of the Studio's unique braids (called Saint Raymund) in colours of red, white and straw-gold upon royal blue.  The ornament is very simple : a TAU in the front and a column at the back.  

Click on the image for an enlarged view.

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

Enquiries : stbede62@gmail.com



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

AMDG

Monday, 10 November 2025

Festal Gothic Revival Vestments

In this post, we are pleased to present a glimpse of another set of festal vestments, in the Gothic Revival style.

The Saint Bede Studio
This set is constructed from ecclesiastical brocade and is lined in a shade of lemon taffeta. 

The ornament is formed from matching braids, one wider, one narrow, in colours of crimson and straw-gold upon a green background. This is one of the Studio's unique braids called Saint Edmund and is directly based on a design by AWN Pugin.  It features the sacred monogram " IHS ".

Although not elaborate, this is a beautiful and distinctive set of vestments.

In the photograph below, a matching apparel is attached to the amice, falling onto the neckline.


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

Click on the images for an enlarged view. 



Festal vestments


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

Enquiries.


Information on placing an order.


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

AMDG 


Tuesday, 4 November 2025

On the Feast of Saint Charles Borromeo

The Saint Bede StudioIn the Calendars of the Roman Rite, 4th November is set down as the Feast of S' Charles Borromeo (Cardinal-Archbishop of Milan 1560-1584). If Saint Charles, were alive today I suspect he would be regarded as hero to those who cherish the traditions of the Church. An important figure at the Council of Trent and confidant of Popes, he was anxious to preserve traditions and not allow fashion, false doctrine or laxity to push Tradition to one side. As Archbishop of Milan he wrote and legislated in minute detail about the Sacred Liturgy and everything associated with it.

Saint Charles laid down regulations about the dimensions of vestments for the Sacred Liturgy because, it would seem, he was concerned that the form of the vestments, which had been handed down for centuries, was being cast aside in favour of something convenient and “fashionable”. The chasuble, derived from the Latin word for “a little house” had been for centuries an ample garment. In the 15th and 16th centuries, there had been significant divergence from this Tradition, however, resulting in a form of chasuble that was not ample, but cut right back so that it comprised a sort of narrow pendant, front and back, on the wearer. We know this form of chasuble as the “Roman” or “fiddleback” chasuble, and some claim that this is the form of the chasuble that is truly “traditional”. But Borromeo didn’t think that: he thought it represented a break with Tradition. And he specified the minimum size to which he expected chasubles to conform. They were to be at least 54 inches (138cm) wide and, at the back, they were to reach down almost to the heels of the wearer. Saint Charles was not attempting to determine how a chasuble should be decorated, he was simply trying to preserve a minimum standard for the dimensions of the chasuble.

A greeting on the Feast of Saint Charles to all priest-customers of the Saint Bede Studio.

Borromeon vestments

Monday, 3 November 2025

During the Month of the Holy Souls 2025 : 2

The Saint Bede Studio
During this, the Month of the Holy Souls, the Saint Bede Studio is pleased to present images of a black dalmatic, part of a Solemn Mass set.

The vestments were ornamented very simply and in a colour scheme of silver and black.  The clavi of the dalmatic were formed from a narrow galloon in silver and grey, whilst the apparel - at chest-height - was enhanced by the use of a black brocade.  The dalmatic was lined with a silvery-grey taffeta.


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


Black vestments

Click on the images for an enlarged view. 


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


Enquiries.

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

Sunday, 2 November 2025

The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed

Black vestments
On the days the Church  prays especially for the Faithful Departed, the Saint Bede Studio is pleased to present a set of funeral vestments, in the Gothic Revival style.  This set is constructed from black ecclesiastical brocade. 


The ornament is formed from an orphrey braid in colours of  black and ivory upon a slate-blue background.  This is new offering amongst the Studio's  unique braids and it is called Saint Norbert.  It has been specially designed for use with black and violet vestments.

The vestments are lined in a shade of slate-blue taffeta. 

This is a dignified and distinctive set of vestments.


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


Black vestments



Click on the images for an enlarged view. 

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


Enquiries.

Information on placing an order.


Black vestments



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

AMDG 





Saturday, 1 November 2025

All Saints' Day

The Saint Bede Studio
In this post, we are pleased to present a glimpse of another set of festal vestments, in the Gothic Revival style.

This set is constructed from ecclesiastical brocade in a shade of white and with figured ornament in straw-gold.  The vestments are lined in a shade of red taffeta. 

The ornament is formed from an orphrey braid in colours of deep blue and straw-gold upon a red background.  This is one of the Studio's unique braids called Saint Austin and is directly based on a design by AWN Pugin.  

This is a beautiful and distinctive set of vestments.


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

Click on the images for an enlarged view. 

Gothic Revival Vestments


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


Enquiries.

Information on placing an order.


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

AMDG 

Thursday, 30 October 2025

Vestments of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Marian vestments
At the end of this month in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we are pleased to present a further set of Marian vestments.  

These vestments were designed to allude to the colours of the venerable image of Our Ladye of Guadelupe.  They are made from a brocade in ivory, with a hint of rose and fully-lined in a dusty-rose taffeta. 

The chasuble is ornamented is an adaptation of the well-known Roman style, a TAU at the front and a column at the back, formed by an ecclesiastical brocade in a lovely shade of blue and an outlining galloon in blue and straw-gold.

These vestments are in the Studio's Saint Philip Neri style, which is the product of years of research into historical vestments and refinement of dimensions for comfortable use.  The Studio revived this more ample 16th century style of the Roman chasuble in 2007 and since then we have made many of them and carefully improved our designs.  Beware of poorly-made imitations!

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

Click on the images for an enlarged view.


Saint Philip Neri vestments

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


Enquiries : stbede62@gmail.com


Information on placing an order.


The Saint Bede Studio


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

AMDG

Tuesday, 28 October 2025

On the Feast of Apostles Ss Simon and Jude

Saint Philip Neri vestments
On this beautiful Feast of the Apostles, the Saint Bede Studio is pleased to present this image of a set of red vestments, the colour used for the Apostles, Martyrs and the Passion.  

The set was made from dupion silk in a subdued shade of red.  It is not the fiery-red used for the Feasts of the Holy Spirit, but closer to colour of blood.  The vestments were ornamented in the Roman style, with a TAU at the front and a column at the back, formed from a damask in colours of red and straw gold and an outlining galloon.  The lining was made of bronze-coloured taffeta.

The chasuble is in the Studio's Saint Philip Neri style, which is the product of years of research into historical vestments and refinement of dimensions for comfortable use.  The Studio revived this more ample 16th century style of the Roman chasuble in 2007 and since then we have made many of them.  Beware of poorly-designed imitations!

The work of the Saint Bede Studio is distinctive for its artistic qualities and the pains taken with every detail, such as the alignment of ornaments.  Even a restrained set of vestments like this is striking for its combination of colours and fine workmanship.

Red vestments

Click on the images for an enlarged view.

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

Enquiries : stbede62@gmail.com


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

AMDG

Sunday, 26 October 2025

On the Feast of Christ the King

The Saint Bede Studio
We are pleased to commemorate the Feast of Christ the King with this post featuring a set of festal vestments, made in the traditional Roman style. The vestments are made from a familiar tapestry fabric and fully-lined in crimson-red cloth. This chasuble is ornamented in the well-known Roman style, a variation of the TAU at the front and a column at the back, formed by a stripes of crimson-red brocade and an outlining burgundy and gold galloon.

The vestments are sumptuous, but yet gold metallic yarns are nowhere to be found in it.

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

The chasuble is in the Studio's Saint Philip Neri style, which is the product of years of research into historical vestments and refinement of dimensions for comfortable use.  The Studio revived this more ample 16th century style of the Roman chasuble in 2007 and since then we have made many of them.  Beware of poorly-made imitations!

Saint Philip Neri vestments


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

Wednesday, 22 October 2025

Monday, 20 October 2025

The Season Per Annum 2025 : 28

Saint Philip Neri vestments

In this post, we are pleased to present a set of green vestments, made in the traditional Roman style.  The vestments are made from a beautiful green brocade and fully-lined in a deep shade of crimson taffeta.  The chasuble in this post is ornamented in the well-known Roman style, a TAU at the front and a column at the back, formed by a geometric brocade in burgundy and old gold and an outlining burgundy and gold galloon. 

The chasuble is in the Studio's Saint Philip Neri style, which is the product of years of research into historical vestments and refinement of dimensions for comfortable use.  The Studio revived this more ample 16th century style of the Roman chasuble in 2007 and since then we have made many of them.  Beware of poorly-made imitations!


Click on the images for an enlarged view.


The Saint Bede Studio


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

Friday, 17 October 2025

Saint Cuthbert Vestments

This post features a set of red vestments in the Studio's Saint Cuthbert style.  This chasuble is both long and wide and is especially designed to fold up beautifully when the arms of the celebrant are elevated. 

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


The Saint Bede Studio


The Saint Cuthbert chasuble is notable for a steeply-angled Y-orphrey, which is especially effective when the ornament is formed from a narrow galloon.  This ornament replicates certain mediaeval chasubles which have survived and others depicted in manuscript illuminations.

Tasteful contemporary vestments are made by certain studios in Italy, France and Germany, but we also make them here in Australia at the Saint Bede Studio.  This set has a simple dignity and is made from high quality fabrics.

Crimson-red dupion silk is lined with a copper-coloured taffeta and is ornamented with one of the Studio's braids called Saxony, being knotwork in three colours. 

  
Red vestments


Click on the images for an enlarged view.

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

Enquiries : stbede62@gmail.com


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

AMDG


Wednesday, 15 October 2025

The Season Per Annum 2025 : 27

In this post, we are pleased to present  another set of green vestments.  The Saint Bede Studio has made up this set a number of times over the years, it being an adaptation of a design for green vestments by AWN Pugin in the Gothic Revival style.

Green Gothic vestments


The set is constructed from an ecclesiastical brocade in a muted shade of green. The vestments are lined in a shade of Royal Blue taffeta. 

The ornament is in the English style and is formed from an orphrey braid in colours of red and straw-gold upon blue.  This unique braid was designed by the Studio many years ago, based directly on the ornamental work of Pugin.  


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


Green vestments


Click on the images for an enlarged view. 


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

Information on placing an order.


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

AMDG 



Monday, 13 October 2025

To our Esteemed Customers

The creation of a tariff system by the US Federal Government on goods imported to the USA has and continues to have widespread direct and indirect effects on the Saint Bede Studio.

The Studio is doing its best to accommodate these changes to costs, procedures, delivery times etc.  But imposed circumstances continue to vary and not everything is yet clear.

Although we (along with many other businesses) have been setback by this substantial change, I wish to assure our customers that no commission with us has been overlooked.

For difficulties experienced, we apologise and seek your goodwill and patience.

Michael Sternbeck

Proprietor

13th October 2025.

AMDG

Sunday, 12 October 2025

The Season Per Annum 2025 : 26

In this post, we are pleased to present a glimpse of another set of green vestments, in the 16th century Roman style.

Saint Philip Neri vestments
This set is constructed from ecclesiastical brocade in a bright shade green and is lined in a delightful shade of taffeta which might be described as "Peacock Blue". 

The ornament is in the French style consisting of a TAU on the front of the chasuble and Cross on the back.  This ornament is formed from a shade of blue silk (matching the colour of the lining), outlined in a narrow galloon in colour of black and straw-gold.  

This beautiful and distinctive set of vestments was commissioned by a Catholic Cathedral in the USA.


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

Click on the images for an enlarged view. 



Saint Philip Neri vestments


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


Enquiries.


Information on placing an order.


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

AMDG 



Thursday, 9 October 2025

Vestments for Offices of the Dead

Funeral vestments
It is no secret that in many Catholic dioceses, there is an unease about wearing black vestments at funerals, despite what is set down in the General Instructions of the Roman Missal.  Frequently, there are in place outright prohibitions on the use of black vestments. 

This being the case, some years ago the Studio prepared a design for a set of vestments for use at funeral rites by those priests who would prefer not to use white vestments, but are not in a position to wear black.  Adjacent is an image of these vestments, which we call Lux Aeterna.

The vestments are very simple and deliberately so.  A subdued, but not dark shade of violet fabric has been used, avoiding the purple which is associated with Lent.  
The chasuble is ornamented with a column at the front and at the back.  This column is formed from two of the Studio's unique braids, both in the Gothic Revival style and in colours of black and platinum / grey.

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

Funeral vestments


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


Monday, 6 October 2025

The Season Per Annum 2025 : 25

The Saint Bede Studio
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.

Green dalmatic

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.

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

Saturday, 4 October 2025

On These Festal Days : 2

On these days of beautiful Feasts of the Angels and Saints, the Saint Bede Studio is pleased to present a further image depicting the set of festal vestments shewn in yesterday's post. 

The Saint Bede Studio

The vestments are made from a distinctive tapestry fabric in a very muted gold, with golden highlights. They are fully-lined in golden taffeta.

This Borromeon chasuble is ornamented in the well-known Roman style, being the TAU at the front and a column at the back, formed by one of the Studio's unique braids Saint Columba and an outlining gold galloon.


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


The chasuble is in the Studio's Borromeon style, which is the product of years of research into historical vestments and refinement of dimensions for comfortable use.  The Studio revived this more ample 16th century style of the Roman chasuble in 2007 and since then we have made many of them.  Beware of poorly-made imitations!


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


Friday, 3 October 2025

On these festal days

The Saint Bede Studio
On these days of beautiful Feasts of the Angels and Saints, the Saint Bede Studio is pleased to present this post featuring a set of festal vestments, made in the Borromeon style. 

The vestments are made from a distinctive tapestry fabric in a very muted gold, with golden highlights.  They are fully-lined in golden taffeta. 

This chasuble is ornamented in the well-known Roman style, being the TAU at the front and a column at the back, formed by one of the Studio's unique braids Saint Columba and an outlining gold galloon.

The first image depicts the back of the chasuble; the second image depicts the lower edge of the chasuble front. 

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

The chasuble is in the Studio's Borromeon style, which is the product of years of research into historical vestments and refinement of dimensions for comfortable use.  The Studio revived this more ample 16th century style of the Roman chasuble in 2007 and since then we have made many of them.  Beware of poorly-made imitations!


The Saint Bede Studio


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

Tuesday, 30 September 2025

The Season Per Annum 2025 : 24

 

Green vestments

This post features a set of vestments in the Studio's nod to contemporary styles.  This style we call Saint Martin.  It is both long and wide and is especially designed to fold up beautifully when the arms of the celebrant are elevated.

Tasteful contemporary vestments are made by certain studios in Italy, France and Germany, but we also make them here in Australia at the Saint Bede Studio.  This set has a simple dignity and is made from high quality fabrics.

These vestments are made from a darker shade of green brocade and lined with a contrasting green fabric.  The ornament is very simple : a TAU in the front and a column at the back, formed from an ecclesiastical brocade in colours of burgundy and old gold. 

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

Saturday, 27 September 2025

Festal Gothic Revival Vestments

The Saint Bede Studio
In this post, we are pleased to present another set of festal vestments, in the Gothic Revival style.  This set is constructed from ecclesiastical brocade in a shade of ivory.  The vestments are lined in a brassy shade of gold taffeta. 


The ornament is formed from an orphrey braid in colours of  straw-gold upon a red background.  This braid is directly based on a design by AWN Pugin.  Forming an outline to the orphrey braid is a narrow galloon in the same colours.

This is a beautiful and distinctive set of vestments.


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

Gothic Revival Vestments


Click on the images for an enlarged view. 

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


Enquiries.

Information on placing an order.


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

AMDG 



Friday, 26 September 2025

The Simplex Mitre

Not seen so regularly on the Studio blog are episcopal mitres, although we usually make a few of these each year.
 

The Saint Bede Studio



In this post, we feature a simple mitre made for an Australian bishop.  This mitre is in the Gothic style and is made entirely of pure linen.  

Click on the image for an enlarged view. 


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


The simple mitre is used by bishops and abbots during the Season of Lent, on Good Friday, in all Offices of the Dead and by a bishop who is concelebrating Mass.  During such a concelebration, the Ceremonial of Bishops makes it quite clear that only the Bishop-celebrant may wear an ornamented mitre.

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


The custom mitres produced by the Saint Bede Studio are almost entirely hand-made.  Great care is taken with the design of the mitre to provide a comfortable fit and good proportions.  They are always provided with a sturdy cloth bag to keep them clean and secure.

Are you interested in presenting a mitre to your bishop?  If so, please contact us to discuss possibilities.

Enquiries.


Information on placing an order.


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


AMDG

Thursday, 25 September 2025

Festal Gothic Revival Vestments

In this post, we are pleased to present another set of festal vestments, in the Gothic Revival style.  This set is constructed from ecclesiastical brocade in a muted shade of gold.  The vestments are lined in a shade of red taffeta. 


The Saint Bede Studio


The ornament is formed from an orphrey braid in colours of blue and straw-gold upon a red background.  This is one of the Studio's unique braids called Saint Edmund and is directly based on a design by AWN Pugin.  

This is a beautiful and distinctive set of vestments.


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

Click on the image for an enlarged view. 


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


Enquiries.

Information on placing an order.


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

AMDG 

Wednesday, 24 September 2025

Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary


Marian vestments
The Blessed Virgin Mary is honoured on 24th September under various titles :  Our Ladye of Ransom; Our Ladye of Mercy and our Ladye of Walsingham.

In this post, we are pleased to describe a set of Marian vestments which we call Ave Maris Stella,  being in the Gothic Revival style.  These vestments have been very popular with customers of the Studio.

The decorative focus of this vestment is an orphrey braid which is based on the work of AWN Pugin.  This braid is produced in two shades of blue (lighter and darker) with figured ornament in gold.

These vestments were made from an ecclesiastical damask in the shade of ivory and lined in mid-blue taffeta.

The Saint Bede Studio


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


Click on the images for an enlarged view. 


Enquiries.


Information on placing an order.


Marian vestments



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

AMDG