antique liturgical Chasuble Vestment Stadelmaier Holland with Pelican for Sale

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antique liturgical Chasuble Vestment Stadelmaier Holland with Pelican:
$325.00

This is antique liturgical vestment, made byStadelmaier (Stadelmaier fromNijmegen belonged to the top parament makers in the world).Atthe back a Pelican made in al kind of technics (in gold andsilverthread,fabric,colored yarn) The embroidery is in a perfect condition, theback ground fabric has some stains,probably wine, and is dirty around the neck.But still a very decorative and collectible item. Stadelmaier's chasublesbelong to various collections of various Dutch museums.Made around 1950/1960.Coming from a convent in Belgium.Measures 50 inchwide and 50 inch from neck to hem.Shipping and handling US$ 57,00 by insuredpriority mail and tracking number. All my items are securely packet, to avoidall possible damage.

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StadelmaierB.V. (previously the Atelier voor Kerkelijke Vestkunst AW Stadelmaier and from1977 to 2004 Stadelmaier Nijmegen BV) was a Dutch family business specializedin the manufacture of liturgical vestments and other paraments, operating from1930 to 2010. In its 80 years of existence, the company went to the Top of theparameter makers in the world are with dealers in Italy, Austria, Germany,England, the United States and Canada.

The couple Arthur Willi Stadelmaier(Pforzheim, November 4, 1901 - Nijmegen, May 17, 1981) and MagdalenaStadelmaier-Glässner (Groß Wartenberg (today's Syców), September 27, 1906 -Nijmegen, September 20, 1989) settled in the late twenties of the twentiethcentury in Nijmegen. The couple were naturalized in 1939. They started as Dutchrepresentatives of Emil Metzner from Neustadt (Upper Silesia) (today'sPrudnik), a company that supplied religious textiles. In October 1930, A.W.Stadelmaier joined the Nijmegen Chamber of Commerce as a studio and salesoffice for paraments and handicraft materials. In addition to the sale of paramentfabrics and parts of the Metzner company (until 1934), the company made robesto its own design. Magdalena Glässner, who had been trained as an embroidererby the Ursulines in Ober-Weistritz (Bystrzyca Górna), was in charge of theembroidery workshop.

Magdalena Stadelmaier b. Glässner at workin the studio on the Oranjesingel

The paraments were given a clearly recognizablestyle of the artist and designer Wim van Woerkom (1905-1998), who was hired ona freelance basis in 1936. Magdalena Glässner remained responsible for theconversion of Van Woerkom's designs to embroidery. She determined the appliedembroidery techniques, colors and materials, and with that to a large extentthe quality and appearance of the robes. Characteristic of the work of thestudio until the early 1960s are figures formed by expressive embroiderystitches over applications. The figures are angular, with emphatic facialfeatures and black contour lines. The color palette contributed to thecontemporary look.

After the Second World War, the companyfocused exclusively on making paraments, wall hangings and banners forecclesiastical use. A.W. Stadelmaier had a distinct corporate vision: theliturgical vestments made in the studio had to be of a traditional but alsoartistic quality. From the outset, the company profiled itself in the marketwith broadly deployed advertising campaigns around important assignments inwhich this vision was displayed. High-profile projects from the early periodwere the robes for the chapels on board the large passenger ships of theHolland-America Line, the Nieuw-Amsterdam (1946) and the Statendam (1957), andthe tapestry depicting St. Stephen, the emperor Trajan and Charlemagne, after adesign by Van Woerkom. This was presented to Pope Pius XII on behalf of theCatholic Nijmegen on the occasion of the 1850th city jubilee.

On the occasion of the 1850th anniversary ofthe city of Nijmegen, a tapestry made by the firm Stadelmaier was presented toPope Pius XII. The picture shows the mayor of Nijmegen, C.M.J.H. Hustinx, andon the right A.W. Stadelmaier and Wim van Woerkom, the designer.

Thanks to its distinct style, which wasconsidered innovative yet 'pious', important commissions and regular interestin the press, the company gained great reputation in the 1950s. Bernard KonradPaul Stadelmaier (Nijmegen, 4/8/1934) joined the company in 1954 as arepresentative. In 1957 he managed to persuade Monsignor Bekkers to wear theStadelmaier parameters, which are known as modern day, during his initiation asbishop of Den Bosch. In addition, Ben Stadelmaier was actively involved in thedevelopment of vestments appropriate to the new liturgy, including a vestmentfor the concelebration. The so-called Nijmegen model has a raised collar and isworn with a stole over the robe.

Since its introduction in the 1970s, this typeof robe with a so-called 'outer stole' is still in use worldwide. This deviantrobe was papal nil obstat (no objection) when Pope John Paul II wore it on hisvisit to the Netherlands in 1985. The outer stole was specially designed forhim with an image of St. Willibrord, after a design by W. Persey (see the imageof Pope John Paul II in the Jaarbeurshal in Utrecht).

Pope JP II wears the Stadelmaier modelchasuble with outer stole and a low miter. A momentum in the costume history ofthe chasuble (the Utrechtse Jaarbeurs, 12 May 1985).

For various reasons, the profession ofparament maker got into trouble in the sixties and the number of workshopsdeclined rapidly. An important cause was the renewal of the liturgy on theoccasion of the Second Vatican Council. Ben Stadelmaier took over the companyfrom his father in 1977 together with his wife Marianne Stadelmaier-van Baal(1938-2016). He introduced innovations, such as the use of unpatternedlightweight fabrics and promoted the Nijmegen model at an international level.Thanks to the expansion of the American market and the success of the new dressshape and variations on it, the company experienced a second flowering period.

Fromthe 1980s onwards, the Stadelmaier firm was known for the quality of its robesthat emphasized the beauty of the Eucharist and the sober but exclusive robeswere called haute couture for the clergy. Under the leadership of AartStadelmaier (1965), who succeeded his father in 1997, the company specializedin modern, sober robes for large ceremonies, especially for the Americanmarket. For example, 1,500 robes were supplied in 1999 for Pope John Paul II'svisit to Saint Louis, Missouri, and 800 at the opening of the Los AngelesCathedral in September 2002. Since 1994, specialist embroidery has been carriedout by a manufacturing company in Romania. In 2004 the studio went bankrupt dueto a declining market and poor operating results