Guillaume Brellant

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Guillaume Brellant, or Brallot, or Brayllont was a French embroiderer employed at the English royal court in the 16th century.

Brellant came to London from Normandy in May 1524. He was licensed to establish a workshop and employ foreign craftsmen and apprentices in November 1531. [1] He worked for Henry VIII with the embroiderers William Ibgrave and Stephen Humble. The three embroiderers worked for Anne Boleyn. [2] In 1543, his workshop supplied embroidered pairs of crosses and roses, highlighted with spangles, for the uniforms of soldiers and the royal guard. [3]

In 1547, Catherine Parr commissioned him to make hangings for her chapel, depicting the Crucifixion and the Assumption. [4] Brellant and Ibgrave worked on costume for the coronation of Edward VI. Brellant embroidered a gown, a doublet, and hose with "pirls" of damask gold and silver. [5]

Brellant was active in the reign of Mary I of England. An inventory of her jewels (British Library Harley 7376) records that pearls were delivered to him to embroider her costume. Brellant was supplied materials by Marie Wilkinson, one of the Queen's silkwomen, while working on a litter for the Queen. [6] [7] Brellant was also involved in the preparations for the coronation of Elizabeth I. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Letters of Denization and Acts of Naturalization for Aliens in England, 1509–1603 (Lymington, 1893), p. 30.
  2. ↑ Maria Hayward, Dress at the Court of King Henry VIII (Maney, 2007), pp. 326–27.
  3. ↑ Maria Hayward, The Great Wardrobe Accounts of Henry VII and Henry VIII (London Record Society: Boydell, 2012), pp. 179–181.
  4. ↑ Susan E. James, Women's Voices in Tudor Wills (Ashgate, 2015), p. 243.
  5. ↑ Lisa Monnas, Merchants, princes and painters: Silk fabrics in Italian and Northern paintings, 1300–1550 (Yale, 2008), p. 333.
  6. ↑ William Henry Hart, "Expenses of the Royal Stables, circa 1554", Gentleman's Magazine (March 1861), pp. 278–9.
  7. ↑ John Nichols, llustrations of the manners and expences of antient times in England (London, 1797), p. 22
  8. ↑ Maria Hayward, Dress at the Court of King Henry VIII (Maney, 2007), p. 327.
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