Discusses 14th-century sculptures with extensive plain, solid-colored robes (gilded, glazed, or painted monochrome) and hems trimmed with typical usually three-dimensional ornament. The technical examination of the hems showed that their painters and carvers generally tried to imitate real hem borders and other structured textiles as closely as possible and to create an illusion of genuine appliqué work or embroidery. There were many possible means of doing this. Three-dimensional, relief-like structures could readity be achieved by modelling the ground while applying it. Moreover, the ground could be decorated with ornaments by removing material (engraving) or by embossing. Another embellishment of the hems was embedding various materials such as pearls or glass paste into the ground. More rare are hem borders with painted ornaments or without any three-dimensional structuring. There are a few examples of 14th century sculptures still in existence whose robe hems are unadorned.