There's no mistaking this piece for anything less than boldly professing tradition. This surplice's base fabric is 100% linen. The linen is a slightly thicker one over fine linen and is a bone white as opposed to snow white. The lace is a battenburg, and battenburgs are rare to find in such a width as this surplice has. Battenburg lace was originated in America but is more widely appreicated in Europe. I loved finding this lace and making this surplice to potentially supplant someone's polyester one, and 'bring Rome to an American sanctuary'.
Pure Linen Surplice, Battenburg Lace
Linen is the traditional fabric for surplices and albs. It has a signature drape, crease, and texture -often imitated in other fabrics but never matched. It's ablilty to forever retain an impeccable crease also means it wrinkles easily and maintains those wrinkles to an almost frustrating degree. Despite the wrinkles (or maybe because they distinguish the unmistakable linen content) linen pieces are aesthetically rich.