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Wanted: Information on this pouch
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:52 am
by morristh
Wife has found this link and pouch. She is like in love and would like any and all information on this that anyone can provide:
http://www.briaca.com/art/frenchcotte.html
French Pouch - 1340.
Details: Brown kirtle, trailing on ground, wrist-length sleeves; blue cotte, short sleeves, skirt pulled up and tucked at waist; hair up, possibly in coils over ears
Picture:
Thanks in advance.
Tim
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:21 pm
by Tailoress
That is one of the more famous mid-14thc French alms purses "out there". You can see more about it in Michael Camille's _The Medieval Art of Love_ (which is easy to get and cheap) and also in Schuette and Christensen's _Pictorial History of Embroidery_ which is not so easy to get and is expensive to say the least... It can be ILLed though.
Will your wife be at Pennsic? I'm teaching a slide-assisted lecture about these types of purses there. Lots more where this came from, if interested.
-Tasha
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:25 pm
by morristh
Tasha McG wrote:That is one of the more famous mid-14thc French alms purses "out there". You can see more about it in Michael Camille's _The Medieval Art of Love_ (which is easy to get and cheap) and also in Schuette and Christensen's _Pictorial History of Embroidery_ which is not so easy to get and is expensive to say the least... It can be ILLed though.
Will your wife be at Pennsic? I'm teaching a slide-assisted lecture about these types of purses there. Lots more where this came from, if interested.
-Tasha
Sadly we will not make it this year, and she would be interesed I am sure. Is it embroidery? Any idea about the composition? More pics
She sent me this link from work and said post it to AA and get all the information you can, I love it. And her wish is a command as far as I am concerned.
Tim
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:32 pm
by Karen Larsdatter
morristh wrote:Is it embroidery? Any idea about the composition? More pics
Yah, it's embroidery (figures in split stitch, background is couched gold). Tasha's website
used to have more pictures
but there are other aumônières online:
http://www.doctorbeer.com/joyce/emb/almpouch/almpouch.htm
http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/pages/page_id18222_u1l2.htm
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:58 pm
by Tailoress
I'm starting to think I should just put that stuff back up online.
Morristh, I'll email you a PDF which your wife might like. Might take a day or two.
-Tasha
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 1:00 pm
by morristh
Tasha McG wrote:I'm starting to think I should just put that stuff back up online.
Morristh, I'll email you a PDF which your wife might like. Might take a day or two.
-Tasha
Bless you dear lady. The wife will be thrilled.
Tim