Borromeon Festal vestments

In this post we are pleased to present this beautiful set of Festal vestments.  These vestments were made from a silk damask with a gold figured design on an ivory background. 

Fully-lined in a shade of dark red taffeta, the chasuble is ornamented with a unique braid of the Studio, Saint Columba.  A galloon of straw-gold outlines the TAU ornament at the front of the chasuble and the column at the back.

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

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The Season Per Annum 2025 : 22

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

The set is constructed from ecclesiastical brocade with figured Crosses and quatrefoils in a bright shade green upon a black background.  This gives the set the appearance of a quite dark green. The vestments are lined in a brighter shade of green taffeta.

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The ornament is in the English style and is formed from an orphrey braid in colours of straw-gold upon red.  This braid, named Welby, is one of the unique braids of the Saint Bede Studio and is derived from the designs of the Gothic Revivalist, A.W.N. Pugin.  

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

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A simple set of Festal vestments

In this post, we review a set of vestments in the Saint Bede Studio's Saint Anselm style.

This style of chasuble, which we have been making for several years now, is simple and comfortable to wear.  Although the chasuble is unlined, it is made from substantial, not flimsy material, so that it hangs down well.  Around the neckline, on the underside of the chasuble is a facing, which causes the vestments to sit well on the shoulders.

Concerning the appearance of this vestment, it is intended to be a mixture of the contemporary and the traditional.  It is a long chasuble and reaching near to the wrists.  It is ornamented simply.  The colour of the ornament varies, but consists of two columns made from silk with a selection of the Studio's unique braids.

In the case of this chasuble, the Studio's braid Saint George is laid upon pendants of vibrant red silk dupion.  These pendants are attached to the front and to the back of chasuble.

Each of these simpler chasubles is supplied with a fully-lined stole.  They are available in all the liturgical colours.

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

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AMDG

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.

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. 

 

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

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AMDG 

For the Feasts of Martyrs

The Studio is pleased to present a glimpse of a set of red vestments, in the Borromeon style.

This set is constructed from ecclesiastical brocade in a beautiful shade of crimson red and is lined in a coppery shade of taffeta.

The ornament was formed from one of the Studio's unique braids in colours of old gold and burgundy, with a hint of white, upon red.  It features knot-work, rather than our usual mediaeval style.  We called the braid Saint Columba. It can be used with any of the liturgical colours, excepting rose. 

The orphrey is outlined with another knot-work narrow galloon in the same colours.

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

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AMDG 

The Season Per Annum 2025 : 21

For this post, we are pleased to present a set of green vestments, made in the traditional Roman style.  The vestments were made from a beautiful green brocade and fully-lined in a muted shade of gold 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.  These are formed from a simple galloon, being an outline.  

 

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!

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

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AMDG

The Queenship of Mary

On this Feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Studio is pleased to present a further set of vestments with a Marian theme. 

The vestments, in our Saint Benet Gothic Revival style, were made from a silk damask in a muted shade of gold and lined with taffeta in a shade of crimson. 

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The ornament of these vestments was formed from one of the Studio's unique orphrey braids named Saint Marie.  It was based on an illustration of a mediaeval ornament.  It is woven from threads the colours of blue, relieved with white and straw-gold upon a red background.  This is a braid which has a subtle Marian theme, since the medallions which punctuate the orphrey have a Gothic monogram of the Blessed Virgin : MR.

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

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AMDG

The Season Per Annum 2025 : 20

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

The set is constructed from ecclesiastical brocade with figured Crosses and quatrefoils in a bright shade green upon a black background.  This gives the set the appearance of a quite dark green. The vestments are lined in a brighter shade of green taffeta. 

The ornament is in the English style and is formed from an orphrey braid in colours of green, white and straw-gold upon red.  This braid, named ChiRho, is one of the unique braids of the Saint Bede Studio.  

This beautiful and distinctive set of vestments was commissioned by a bishop in the United States.

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

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

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AMDG 

The Season Per Annum 2025 : 19

In this post is illustrated a set of green vestments in a design now familiar to readers of the Saint Bede Studio blog.

There is a difference in this particular set of vestments, since they are made from a vibrant shade of green brocade.  

The Gothic-style ornament is formed from the Studio's Saint Chad orphrey braid, which is based on braid designed by the Gothic Revival luminary AWN Pugin.  A galloon of red and gold finishes-off the vestments nicely. 

These vestments are in one of our Gothic Revival styles which we call Saint Benet.  The chasuble and accessories were lined in a muted shade of gold taffeta.

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.

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

Enquiries : stbede62@gmail.com

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AMDG

Masses for the Faithful Departed

In this post we are pleased to present a 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.  

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 slate 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 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.  Interested readers, beware of poorly-made imitations!

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