Master Gallery

These works have been judged as Masterworks, showing a true mastery of a particular form of medieval embroidery, exhibiting great skill in both design and execution.

More information on grading levels can be read on Structure and Rankings.

If you would like to submit a piece of embroidery for grading, please speak to one of the Masters of the Guild.

Acacia_bayeaux_hanging
Bayeaux hanging - laid and couched work, wool on linen. Mistress Acacia de Navarre
Anglo-saxon collar
Anglo saxon tunic - stemstitch, wool on linen. Lady Jane Stockton
Berengaria-cushion
Elizabethan cushion - silk applique and tentstitch slips, couching on velvet. Mistress Hunydd verch Madyn Duy
Blackwork cap Nicola
Blackwork cap - stemstitch, silk on linen. Lady Nicola de Coventre
Blackwork coif
Blackwork hood - silk on linen. Mistress Fionnabhair inghean ui Mheadhra
Blackwork coif
Blackwork coif - Silk and spangles on linen. Mistress Hunydd verch Madyn Duy
Branwen coif by Fionnabhar
Blackwork hood - silk on linen. Mistress Fionnabhair inghean ui Mheadhra
Ceara Elizabethan sweetbag
Elizabethan sweetbag - silk on linen. Mistress Ceara Shionnach
Ceara goldwork cushions
Goldwork cushions - raised goldwork, tentstitch slips on velvet. Mistress Ceara Shionnach
Ceara_blackwork_collar
Blackwork collar - silk on linen. Mistress Ceara Shionnach
Ceclia_brickwork
German brickstitch cushion – silk on linen. Lady Cicilia Lyon
Contarina_dragon
Goldwork dragon - couched gold on velvet. Mistress Contarina la Bianca
Contarina_LOG2
LOG pouch – wool intarsia, applique and couching. Mistress Contarina la Bianca
contarina_surcoat_detail
Heraldic surcoat. Applique and couching, silk on velvet. Mistress Contarina la Bianca
Elizabethan mitten
Elizabethan polychrome mitten – silk, jap, spangles on red velvet. Lady Alliette Delecourt
Elizabethan pillow
Slipstitch cushion - tentstitch in silk on linen canvas, couched in gold jap on silk ground. Lord Bartolemeo Agazzari
Embroidered hand towel
Handtowel - long-armed cross stitch, silk on linen. Lady Acacia de Naverre
Goldwork pouch
Metalwork “lute pouch” – couched gold jap, purl, spangles, pearls, braid on red velvet. Mistress Ceara Shionnach
Goldwork-bookcover2
Goldwork bookcover - jap, purl, spangles, pearls, silk on velvet. Mistress Rowan Perigrynne
Gwir_romanesque
Romanesque hanging. Splitstitch, wool on linen. Mistress Gwir verch Madog
Hunydd_towel
Handtowel - long armed cross stitch, silk on linen. Mistress Hunydd verch Madyn Duy
Intarsia coverlet
Intarsia coverlet - applique and intarsia in wool, gilded leather. Mistress Marienna Jensdatter
Lochac Investiture cloaks
Lochac Investiture cloak - tentstitch silk on linen. Bartolomeo Giancristoforo Agazzari (with others).
LOG_Eliz
Elizabethan LoG pouch - tent stitch slips on velvet. Mistress Rowan Perigrynne
Mamluk girdle
Mamluk girdle - pattern darned in silk on linen. Mistress Rowan Perigrynne
Mamluk sampler
Mamluk sampler - pattern darned silk on linen. Lady Miriam bat Shimeon
Metalwork hawk Muirghein
Metalwork hawk - underside couching in jap on felted wool. Mistress Muirghein ni Grianne
Mouse_bead
Beaded gown. Pearl beds on velvet. Mistress Keridwen the Mouse
Oonagh_shawl
Shisha shawl. Silk and mirror on wool. Mistress Oonah o'Neill
Perugian towel
Perugian towel - pattern darned silk on cotton/linen. Mistress Ceara Shionnach
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