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The Pouch C. 1000 - 1533

Blue and Gold brocade Pouch with Embroidered Initial, favoured during the Mid to Late C14th/C15th From your belt you would hang your pouch or "Aumoniére," a very important accessory for both the man and woman in Medieval Times. There were no pockets, so money had to be carried in the pouch. There were 124 craft persons called "faiseuses d' aumoniéres sarrazinoises" listed in the Parisian Guild ordinances. A guild, comprising of women, as embroidering was a stitching art. Men, surprisingly, belonged to this Guild too. Some sources describe Noble Ladies embroidering these pouches themselves, but more likely, to be sewn by a professional embroideress.

A small group of embroidered purses exist in the Cathedral treasury at Troyes and another at Hamburg. They are heavily embroidered in couched gold and silver thread with drawstrings. In the Hamburg´s Museum Fur Kunst und Gewerbe, a beautiful aumoniére is of "Game with hood" and was made in Paris c.1340. It is couched in red and the background is of gold and silver threads with silkwork in split, chain, stem and knot stitches. One aumoniére in Musée du Moyen Age in Paris shows fantastic hybrid monsters embroidered on to them.

Two others, one in Chelles, Musée Municipal Alfed - Bonno, is an embroidered purse 1170 - 1190 of "Lady with a dog and a man with a falcon..." It is sewn in silk on linen. The other is in Lyon, Musée de Tissus and is of "The Falcons Return." It was made in France c.1320 and has silks and silver - gilt thread on velvet with applied linen.

The "Manesse Codex" in Zürich c. 1300, shows a Peddler wooing his Lady. In this you can see pouches hanging ready to be bought.

Sometimes these aumoniéres were given as a gift from a beloved one. Many pouches were on sale at the market "on the right bank of the Seine" in Paris during the 14th century. Aswell as pouches there were other goods on sale, such as ivory combs, gloves, necklaces, belts and hats. All these items were for personal everyday use, and of course for social status.

Black velvet pouch with goldwork fleur-de-lys Red velvet pouch with goldwork and silkwork reproduced from the Manesse Codex Jade green velvet pouch with goldwork and pearls reproduced from a Mantle Tasseau Tan velvet pouch with goldwork, pearls and jewels reproduced from a Mantle Tasseau Burgundy velvet pouch with goldwork and silkwork reproduced from decoration in La Sainte-Chapelle, Paris Sage green velvet pouch with silk shading and goldwork reproduced from a design from the back of pair of gloves worn by Edward I, Westminster Abbey Brown velvet pouch with goldwork and pearls with amber jewels reproduced from embroidery from a French gown Red and blue velvet pouch with classic fleur-de-lys reproduced in goldwork Red and blue velvet pouch embroidered with the Red Rose of Lancaster emblem Burgundy velvet pouch embroidered with the White Rose of York emblem Red and green velvet pouch with quatrefoil goldwork and silkwork with jewels reproduced from a brooch on the throat of figure in a Fresco in Westminster Palace Turqoise velvet pouch embroidered with goldwork and silk shading reproduced from a Spanish design from an embroidered sleeve Purple velvet and gold brocade pouch with goldwork, silk shading and jewels reproduced from an ecclesiastical motif from an altar front Burgundy velvet pouch with six tassels, based on an effigy at Bakewell Church, Derbyshire Dark blue and pale blue velvet pouch with dagging and silkwork, pearls and tiny glass Venetian gold beads Rust velvet pouch with black linen embroidered with goldwork spangles Dark green velvet pouch with silkwork thistle and goldwork on silk Dove grey and burgundy velvet pouch with goldwork quaterfoil and 5 red jewels Blue velvet pouch with quatrefoil in goldwork with 5 blue jewels and blue Venetian glass beads Burgundy and blue velvet pouch with goldwork initial and silkwork foliage Moss green velvet pouch and silk, embroidered with a Tudor Rose in silkwork and goldwork Burgundy velvet and silk pouch, embroidered with the White Rose of York in silkwork and goldwork Red velvet pouch with embroidery on silk of Daisy in silkwork and goldwork Brown velvet pouch with embroidery on silk ofn acorn and oak leaves in silkwork and goldwork Cream brocade pouch with embroidery on green silk of classic fleur-de-lys, in silkwork and goldwork Burgundy velvet and brocade pouch, highlighted with gold tweed Pale blue brocade pouch with goldwork on silk Red and blue velvet pouch with gold criss-cross and pearls Rust Brocade Pouch with Hand Embroidered Bronze Goldwork , Pearls and Amber Jewel Blue Velvet Pouch with Cream Brocade, Hand Embroidered with Goldwork Quatrefoil and Blue Jewels Pale Blue and White Brocade Pouch with Embroidered Initial. Favoured during the Mid to Late C14th/Early C15th Red and Gold Brocade Pouch with Embroidered Initial. Favoured during the Mid to Late C14th/Early C15th Blue and Gold brocade Pouch with Embroidered Initial, favoured during the Mid to Late C14th/C15th Dark Green Velvet Pouch with Green Silk Flap Embroidered with Goldwork Fleur-de-Lys Pale Green Velvet Pouch with Green Silk Flap, embroidered with a Dog Rose in Silks, surrounded with a fine edge of Gold. Champagne Velvet Pouch with Silkwork, Crystals and pearls

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