Thursday, 31 July 2025

Puginesque Vestments

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The vestments in this post were made from an ecclesiastical brocade in bright white and fully-lined in a muted gold taffeta.  The vestments are in the Gothic Revival style and the combination of colours has been found very attractive by our customers.

The vestments are ornamented with one of the Studio's braids, being a replica of a design by AWN Pugin; this braid is augmented by a narrow galloon running alongside it and in the same colours of brighter red and old gold.  Notice how these braids are arranged : the greatest care is taken with all our vestments to ensure that braids are precisely and harmoniously aligned, not cutting away design elements.  


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Festal vestments



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Monday, 28 July 2025

The Season Per Annum 2025 : 17

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

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The Saint Bede Studio has made up this set many times over the years, it being an adaptation of a design for green vestments by AWN Pugin 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 shade of crimson-red taffeta. 

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

This beautiful and distinctive set of vestments was commissioned by an ordinand in the USA.


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Saturday, 26 July 2025

The Feast of Ss Joachim and Anne

Marian Vestments
On this lovely feastday, the Studio is pleased to present this set of vestments in honour of their daughter, the Virgin Mary. This design we have named Regina Coeli.

The vestments were made from a European brocade.  They were ornamented with a damask in peacock blue and silver, outlined with a silver-coloured narrow galloon.  The vestments were lined with dupion silk in a shade to match the orphrey.

We have made several sets of vestments in this style, which have been very pleasing to our customers.


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Regina Coeli


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Friday, 25 July 2025

Feast of Saint James the Apostle

Red vestments
On the Feast of Saint James the Apostle, we are 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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Thursday, 24 July 2025

The Season Per Annum 2025 : 16

Green vestments

For 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!


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Monday, 21 July 2025

Festal chasuble in the Borromeon style

In this post, the Studio is pleased to present a set of festal vestments, in that style known as Borromeon.  The vestments were made from a cream-coloured silk and fully-lined in a lemon-coloured 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 vestments of the Saint Bede Studio are beautiful in design, sound in construction and distinctive in appearance.


The Saint Bede Studio


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Wednesday, 16 July 2025

Our Ladye of Mount Carmel

On this beautiful Feast of Our Ladye of Mount Carmel, we are pleased to present these images of one of the Studio's most popular sets of vestments, which we call Ave Maris Stella.  This is made in various Gothic styles and from different fabrics, but always and is ornamented with the now-familiar braid.

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Although not directly-based on the work of the Gothic designer AWN Pugin, this braid incorporates Puginesque elements.  No matter whether you shop for your vestments in Poland, India, England or America, you will not find another braid like Stella.  It is just one of the Saint Bede Studio's unique braids, designed by the writer of this blog and made exclusively for the Studio's use.


Ave Maris Stella


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Tuesday, 15 July 2025

The Season Per Annum 2025 : 15


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In this post is depicted a set of vestments in a subtle shade of green brocade and ornamented with the Studio's Sancte Deus orphrey braid.  This braid is in the distinctive colours of deep blue and ivory upon a green background. 

This set of vestments is distinct from the Studio usual offerings.  The chasuble is unlined, but sturdily faced on the inside of the neckline.  The ornament is in the form of a TAU, arranged with braid.  Although it was designed as a concelebration set, nothing would prevent its use on ferial days.

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


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

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AMDG




Monday, 14 July 2025

The Season Per Annum 2025 : 14

 

Green vestments

For 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 olive silk.  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 brocade in rose 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!

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The Saint Bede Studio

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AMDG

Friday, 11 July 2025

On the happy Feast of Saint Benedict

In this post we are pleased to present this beautiful set of festal vestments.  These vestments were made from a European brocade with a gold figured design on an ivory background. Fully-lined in a shade of dark red taffeta, the chasuble is ornamented with a silk damask in colours of old gold upon wine-red. A galloon of burgundy and straw-gold 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 Borromeon style, which is the product of years of research into historical vestments and refinement of dimensions for comfortable use.  

Click on the images for an enlarged view.

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


The Saint Bede Studio

Enquiries : stbede62@gmail.com


Information on placing an order.



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AMDG