When the survival of the Catholic Church was threatened during the Republic and Catholic shelter churches were not allowed to be recognisable from the street, what was not allowed to be shown on the outside was compensated for on the inside. In the 17th century, the robes became gold, silver and silk expressions of silent resistance, but also of a feminist agenda of the makers. Behind closed doors, everything was literally and figuratively pulled out to propagate the Catholic faith. Worn ball gowns with colourful flowered French, English and Chinese fashion fabrics were donated to the church by rich, pious women so that beautiful and special church vestments could be made from them. So it could easily happen that a priest in a pink robe with flowers stood at the altar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A fully illustrated book supporting the exhibition Fashion for God in the Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht.
Foreword 12 Marieke van Schijndel
\nIntroduction 13-14 Richard de Beer en Pim Arts
\nEssays 16-24 Dirk Jan Schoon
\nThe Church of Utrecht and the Dutch Mission: Synonyms and Schism
\n25-37 Richard de Beer
\nWomen at Work
\nCatholic Church Vestments in the Northern Netherlands 1580-1700
\n38-43 Marike van Roon
\nThe Opulence of Gold, Silver and Silk Embroidery in fashion 1580-1650
\n44-53 René Lugtigheid
\nEighteenth-century Vestments with ‘Coloured’ Flowers
\n54-63 Pim Arts
\nSilk: Trade and Production in the Dutch Republic
\nVisual essay 64-80 Religious textiles
\nCatalogue 82-151 Seventeenth century
\n152-214 Eighteenth century
\nWith contributions from:
\nPim Arts
\nRichard de Beer
\nRia Cooreman
\nMadelief Hohé
\nRené Lugtigheid
\nSusan North
\nMarike van Roon
\n216 Glossary — Paraments
\n217 Archives
\n218 Bibliography
\n223 Photo credits
\n224 Credits<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":48764,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5583],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-48750","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-fashion-textiles","7":"author-edited-by-waanders-publishers","8":"publisher-waanders-bv-uitgeverij","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n