1media/Screen Shot 2022-11-16 at 12.48.55 AM_thumb.png2022-11-15T21:50:37-08:00Elizabeth Griffith88d5cade55b1586c8abf308311a3248c872ba89c394471Here follows the second steps of tablet weaving that connect the warp and weft threads for the textile.plain2022-11-15T21:50:37-08:00Elizabeth Griffith88d5cade55b1586c8abf308311a3248c872ba89c
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1media/SC162093.jpg2022-06-16T12:27:02-07:00How was this made?9image_header2023-01-15T12:03:29-08:00The construction of the miter required several stages.
First, the silk was woven in Byzantine or Islamic regions of the Mediterranean. Silk is created from the thread of the silkworm. The silk used for the miter may have traveled along trade routes or diplomatic channels established during the crusades. The silk bears subtle patterns of heraldic eagles.
After the silk had arrived in Germany or Austria, the head of the miter was constructed from the imported silk and then hand-embroidered with purple and gold roundels and stars.
The lappets, the trailing ribbon-like streamers, were added, possibly using the technique of tablet weaving.
