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A question came up on the GermanRen list about bead work and spangles, and I'm posting my answer here as well.

Do you mean, there are some dresses with beads, and other dresses with spangles, are there some dresses with both?
Good question...

Cranach's portrait of Anna Cuspinian has spangles, (flinden) on the bottom of her brustfleck, which looks to be cloth of gold with silk embroidery. Click through to the large image to see the detail
This lady, a donor at the bottom of a devotional painting, RealOnline 001154, has tons of spangles on her headdress, but no pearls.
Cranach's portrait of this lady has tons of pearls, but can't tell about the spangles, although there does look to be gold thread outlining some of the pearl clusters

There are both pearls and spangles in this necklace from Hungary Choker necklace, gold plated over silver and pearl Halskrause, Bild: 008671 Halskrause des Matthias Corvinus(?) 1500 ; 1550 ;

Pre-1500, I've found a couple of exant examples of beadwork (not pearls) combined with spangles
Bordüre 1401/1500?, Wienhausen, Kloster Wienhausen — Aufnahme-Nr. LAC 7.091/6
Bordüre 1401/1500?, Wienhausen, Kloster Wienhausen — Aufnahme-Nr. LAC 7.091/5
Bordüre 1401/1500?, Wienhausen, Kloster Wienhausen — Aufnahme-Nr. LAC 7.091/4

Post 1600, there are a few examples of spangles and gold work with pearls
This hunters pouch from early 1600's has beads and a few spangles, this one, also from the early 1600's, has gold work and beads
These Pantoffeln, velvet house shoes, 1600-1620 are embroidered with silver and have gold spangles

These were the examples I was able to find, and they don't really settle the question in my mind. Gold work with pearls and spangles seems like a logical thing to do,  just not sure if no examples survive, or they would have thought that it was overkill and tasteless, or if there was a sumptuary law against it. 

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And a couple examples of appliquéd heraldic emblems that are just too cool not to post as well

Heraldische Stickerei: Feuerstrahl und Feuerstein mit Funken, Schweiz?, 1401/1500, Bern, Bernisches Historisches Museum — Aufnahme-Nr. C 655.142;; (color);


Heroldsrock, 1501/1600, München, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum — Aufnahme-Nr. 114.791;