4mm Spangles Gold

4mm Spangles Gold

4mm Spangles Gold, 1 gram pack of spangles similar to a sequin they have a hole in the centre but they are of a much higher quality.

Summary

• 4mm Spangles
• 1 gram pack –  approx 25 in a pack
• Also available in 2mm and 3mm in Silver plate
• 3mm spangles also available in Silver plate

Click on group picture to show size difference  –  from L-R 2mm, 3mm, 4mm & 6mm

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Traditionally goldwork embroidery was worn on ecclesiastical vestments and church trappings i.e. alter frontals, pulpit falls etc. Also in Royal circles and rich aristocratic families, for them it was an ostentatious display of wealth and power.

The goldwork threads used to be pure gold and were flattened and wound around strands of animal and human hair, but because the gold was so brittle they were later wrapped around materials such as silk, animal gut, paper, or parchment. In the early days this was all done by hand, which made the cost phenomenal. The most renowned examples of English embroidery are the beautifully preserved St Cuthberts Stole and maniple which was made at the behest of Queen Aelfflaed about 901AD, it is covered completely in gold laid work and couched thread, it is displayed in Durham Cathedral.