The embroidered silk, which features gold and silver thread, had been preserved as an altar cloth for centuries in Herefordshire, and it is believed to have come to the town of Bacton by way of ...

(St. Paul's Cathedral) The altar cloth was long feared destroyed. Now, its history is being stitched together piece by piece and a volunteer historian at St. Paul's is finding the Canadian ...

The fabric—once used as an altar cloth at St. Faith’s Church in Bacton, Herefordshire, and now extensively restored following 1,000 hours of conservation—is set to go on view at Elizabeth ...

An altar cloth has been found which has been called the “holy grail of fashion history” after evidence points to this piece of fabric being the last surviving gown of Queen Elizabeth I.