ANNE WANNER'S Textiles in History   /  Chalice veils /koeln
- Chalice veils in the exhibition of Castle of Augustusburg, Brühl,
(see contribution Newsletter 13/ 11)

Dela von Boeselager, Koeln:
2 chalice veils, cathedral of Koeln
- Chalice veils in the collection of Schnuetgen Museum Koeln

Gudrun Sporbeck of Schnuetgen Museum, Koeln:
44 chalice veils, embroidered,
10 Italian, 8 French, 26 german

chalice veils with dates:
P 79 silk embroidery, Germany 1686
P 491 silk embroidery, Italy 1644

embroidered chalice veils

Nr. Inv.Nr. meas. (cm) technique provenance date
1. P 59 55 x 55 Silk embroidery Germany around 1600
2. P 77 49 x 52 silver/gold embroidery Germany around 1650
3. P 56 56 x 56 gold-, silk embroidery Germany 17th c.
4. P 58 55 x 55 silk embroidery Rhein region 17th c.
5. P 79 53 x 53 silk embroidery Germany 1686
6. P 226 47 x 47 silk embroidery Rhein region 17th c.
7. P 441 72 x 62 woll embroidery, chainstitch Western Germany 17th c.
8. P 443 56 x 56 gold-, silk embroidery Germany end of 17th.c.
9. P 444 56 x 56 metal embr. gold lace Germany 17th c.
10. P 445 56 x 55 metal embroidery Germany 17th c.
11. P 490 58 x 52 gold-, silk embroidery Rhein region 17th c.
12. P 492 45 x 49 silk embroidery Satinstitch Germany 17th c.
13. P 493 54 x 53 silk embroidery Satinstitch Germany 17th c.
14. P 80 47 x 48 gold embroidery, application Germany around 1700
15. P 488 46 x 46 silk embroidery Germany around 1700
16. P 57 52 x 52 metal silk embroidery Germany 17th/18th c
17. P 489 47 x 47 silk embroidery Rhein region 18th c.
18. P 78 50 x 50 silk/chenille embroidery Germany around 1730
19. P 795 50 x 50 application both sides Germany end of 18th c.
20. P 797 47 x 47 embroidery with paillettes France begin. 18th c.
21. P 798 50 x 53 silk embroidery, goldlace Germany 18th c.
22. P 799 55 x 55 wool embroidery Germany 18th c.
23. P 800 49,5 x 49 silk application Germany 18th c.
24. P 801 57 x 43 silk application Germany 18th c.
25. P 485 49 x 47 metal silk embroidery Germany 17th/18th c.
26. P 802 54 x 52 silk embroidery Germany end of 18th c
27. P 796 58 x 56 silk embroidery Germany beginn. 19th c.
28. P 1405 50 x 51 silk fabric, goldlace Italy 16th c.
29. P 269 43 x 48 silk embroidery on linen, bobbin lace Italy 16th c.
30. P 495 55 x 47 metal embroidery Italy around 1600
31. P 439 75 x 65 silk embroidery, paillettes Italy 17th c.
32. P 491 51 x 51 silk embroidery, satinstich Italy ? 1644
33. P 494 56 x 40 silk-/gold embroidery Italy 17th c.
34. P 496 52 x 47 silk embroidery Italy 17th c.
35. P 497 51 x 44 silk embroidery Italy 17th c.
36. P 498 49 x 43 silk embroidery, stemstitch Italy 17th c.
37. P 864d 53 x 53 silk fabric Italy 17th c.
38. P 1398 53 x 53 silk fabric, gold lace Frankreich 18th c.
39. P 1399 49 x 51 silk fabric Frankreich 18th c.
40. P 1400 50 x 54 silk fabric, silver lace Frankreich 18th c.
41. P 1401 46 x 44 silk fabric Frankreich 18th c.
42. P 1402 55 x 55 silk fabric Frankreich 18th c.
43. P 1403 52 x 56 silk fabric Frankreich 18th c.
44. P 1404 55 x 57 silk fabric, silver lace Frankreich 18th c.
Most of the veils are white and red in colour, 2 are black, some of them blue. With one exception they are deposited in the storage room. There are no photographs. The example Nr. 32, with a date, was published by Fritz Witte (see list of literature).

Origin and date of the above list were taken from the inventory of the collection, but the information of the provenance is not always very definite. The analysis of the vestments showed that in many cases the place of preservation was taken as place of origin. In the 1920s when the collection was inventorised, many accessories of vestments were studied isolated. The chalice veils of the Schnuetgen Museum were at that time integrated into the great complex of medieval and modern embroideries in order to document the development of european embroidery.

Question: are there any sources indicating that chalice veils have been given for a determined priest?

 

 
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