St. Rumbold

St. Rumbold, embroidered in or nué, The Netherlands, 15th/16th centuries. St. Rumbold, embroidered in or nué, The Netherlands, 15th/16th centuries. Basilica of Our Lady in Hanswijk, Mechelen, Belgium.

The Basilica of Our Lady in Hanswijk, Mechelen, Belgium, houses an embroidered representation of St. Rumbold. The embroidery is worked in the or nué technique that was popular in the Netherlands in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The embroidery is attached to a chasuble.

Digital source of illustration (retrieved 10 November 2016).

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