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These are examples of different styles of embroidered beadwork, including polychromatic glass beads as well as pearls stitched into embroidered textiles.
Examples of apparent beadwork ornamentation in paintings and portraits are included here as well.
Beaded necklaces are available on another page on this site.
See also Jen Segrest's Flickr photostreams, especially Early Period, 13th Century, 14th Century, 15th Century, 16th Century, and Post/Late Period, as well as Pamela Saunders' extant beaded embroidery Pinterest page and Sine Gunnsdottir's article on using bead embroidery.
- Sleeves of a dalmatic, c. 1130-1154, Palermo
- Details from an antependium, c. 1151-1200, Palermo: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Alb (detail), 1181, Palermo
- Detail from an antependium, Germany, 12th century
- Aurifrisien (?) of an altarcloth (Dommuseum Halberstadt), 13th century
- A stole (V&A 8588-1863), made in Germany c. 1250-1330. At each end of the stole is “a plain red textile lined with leather or parchment and embroidered with beads.” (More details)
- Detail from a chasuble for the Golden Mass, 1315
- Antipendium with Christ in a mandorla, 14th century
- Detail and another detail from a bead-embroidered border (Dommuseum Halberstadt 158) on an altarcloth; see also this color image
- A cope (V&A T.36-1955) embroidered in England c. 1330-1350. “The body of the cope is made of red silk velvet embroidered with gold, silver and silk thread, pearls, beads and small metal rings … The masks were formerly covered with pearls and the protruding eyes were made of green beads enclosed in small gold rings, a few of which still remain.”
- St. Ursula with her companions, missal and book of hours (BNF Latin 757, fol. 380), c. 1385-1390
- Portrait of a lady wearing the Order of the Swan, c. 1490
- Detail of a heraldic badge embroidered in pearls on a sleeve of St. Ursula Meeting Atherius by Vittore Carpaccio, 1495
- Portrait of Ursula Grekin, c. 1500
- Portrait of Barbara Wespach by Christoph Amberger, c. 1500
- Burse with the Crucifixion, c. 1500
- A woman's cap (Met 16.154.14) made in Venice c. 1500-1525, featuring metal thread embroidery accented with beads
- Bishop's mitre (Dresden Historic Museum), 1st half of the 16th century
- Female portrait by Hans Krell, 16th century
- Portrait of Casimir von Brandenburg-Kulmbach by Hans Süß von Kulmbach, 1511
- Portrait of a lady by Lucas Cranach the Elder, c. 1513
- Wedding portrait of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor, c. 1516
- Portrait of a Prince of Saxony by Lucas Cranach the Elder, c. 1517
- Portrait of Maria Welzer, née Tänzel by Hans Maler, 1524
- Portrait of a young woman holding grapes and apples by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1528
- A young princess, possibly Dorothea of Denmark by Jan Gossaert, c. 1530
- Portrait of a young woman by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1530
- The Princesses Sibylla, Emilia, and Sidonia of Saxony by Lucas Cranach the Elder, c. 1535
- Portrait of a Lady in a green velvet and orange dress and a pearl-embroidered black hat by Lucas Cranach the Younger, c. 1541
- Burse for the Great Seal of England (V&A T.40-1986), c. 1558-1603
- The Pelican Portrait, c. 1571
- The Phoenix Portrait, c. 1575-1576
- Portrait of Margareta, wife of Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1528), c. 1595
- Detail from the Jane Bostocke sampler (V&A T.190-1960), 1598
- Pair of mittens (V&A 1507&A-1882), c. 1600
- Mitre (and reverse) from the Church of St. Nicholas, 17th century
- A glove, c. 1600-1620, with seed pearls on the gauntlet
Bags and PursesSee also the pouches & purses linkspage.
- Bonhams Auction 15205, Lot 374, a purse with the English royal coat of arms
- V&A T.271 to B-1968 a bag with a bird and flowers and the inscription 'IN HOP ME HART DOTH REST', made in England c. 1625-1650
- V&A T.250-1960 with a diapered S pattern and inscribed 'HIT OR MISS THERE IT IS 1628', made in England
- V&A T.249-1960 with floral pattern and inscription 'THE GIFT OFA FRIEND 1628', made in England
- V&A T.56-1927 (V&A T.56-1927) with a pattern of acorns and inscribed 'HEARE ET IS HIT OR MISS', made in Great Britain (?) c. 1630-1639
- V&A T.55-1927 with a design of acorns and birds and the inscription 'I PRAY GOD TO B MY GUIDE 1634', made in England
- 17th century English beadwork at the Maidstone Museum
- Panel made in England in 1657
- Casket (V&A T.186-1960) made in Great Britain c. 1660-1690
- Jewelry case (V&A T.41-1954) made by Martha Edlin in England in 1673
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